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Brother Walfrid (May 18, 1840 - April 17 1915) is the religious name of Andrew Kerins, a Marist Brother and founder of Celtic Football Club. Brother Walfrid was born Andrew Kerins on the 18th May 1840 to John Kerins and Elizabeth Flynn in Ballymote a small village in the county of Sligo, Ireland. He studied teaching and in 1864 joined The Marist Brothers Teaching Order. He moved to Scotland in the 1870's and taught at St. Marys School and the Sacred Heart School where he was appointed headmaster in 1874. In 1887, he founded the Celtic Football Club. as a means of raising funds for the poor and deprived in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland. In 1893, Brother Walfrid was sent by his religious order to Londons East End. Here he continued his good works, organizing football matches for the barefoot children of Bethnal Green and Bow.
He passed away on April 17, 1915, leaving a surviving brother, Bernard, in Cloghboley, Sligo. Kerins is buried in the Mount St. Michael Cemetery.
See also
Society of Mary (Marist Fathers)
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