On the big screen

Irish Marist Brother who founded a Celtic Football Club looks set for the big screen.  The story of the Irish Marist Brother who formed a Glasgow Celtic Football Club looks set for the big screen.  Brother Walfrid was born Andrew Kerins and was a native of Ballymote in County Sligo.  It has now been confirmed that the British Film Institute is backing a major feature film about Celtic which will focus on the Irish community who formed the club in Glasgow’s East End.  The historical backdrop of the film will span over 40 years from when the first famine survivors arrived in Glasgow in 1846 to the establishment of Celtic FC in 1887.  Click on the weblink below to read more of this story. http://www.catholicireland.net/story-of-irish-marist-who-formed-celtic-fc-for-big-screen/