The Field of Dreams Celtic FC The Blarney Pilgrims

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One of the best Celtic FC football songs ever.
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THE FIELDS OF DREAMS
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Written by Charlie Fealy (The Pilgrims) This wonderful song will be included in Volume Two of our book. “We must always look to the future, only a fool would live in the past but we must never forget how we got there, or who we are”, by Charlie Fealy

Late last night as I lay down to sleep
I had the strangest dream
And I could not tell this dream from life
So real did it seem
I was standing there in a barren field
One hundred years ago
And the men all around, digging in the ground
Spoke a tongue I did not know

By a brazier bright stood a grey haired man
Dressed in priest’s attire
He smiled at me, come over son
Warm your hands by the fire
We brought you here, down through all the years
For you’re starting to forget it seems
Why these men all around, breaking up this ground
Are digging this field of dreams

Well we’re carving out a monument
To the thousands forced to flee
From famine and old Erin grá mo chroi
So down through all the years we won’t forget the tears
Of the hungry children forced to cross the sea

He took me by the hand and led me to a sod
And he picked a shamrock green
He blessed the little flower and he put it in my hand
A gift from the field of dreams
We brought the sod from home and there it is a growin
Surrounded by nought but rock and stone
But with the help of God we’ll grow just like that sod
And in Scotland make ourselves a home

Well we’re carving out a monument
To the thousands forced to flee
From famine and old Erin grá mo chroi
So down through all the years we won’t forget the tears
Of the hungry children forced to cross the sea

If you ever get the chance to stand upon that ground
When the stadium is empty and there’s not a soul around
Listen with your heart, don’t listen with your ears
And I swear you’ll hear the voices
Coming down through the years

In the morning when I woke I was back at home
Safe in my own bed
But I couldn’t help but feel the journey seemed so real
It was more than a dream I’d had
Was I really there one hundred years ago
Standing in that barren field
But in my hand could be seen the little shamrock green
Brother Walfrid gave me in the field of dreams

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THE FIELD OF DREAMS
In Scotland Irish and Proud.
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References Brother Walfrid
Brother Walfrid
Andrew Kerins was born in Ballymote on May 18 1840. he grew up during the famine and made it his lifetime ambition to help alleviate hunger and poverty. In 1855 he left for Glasgow where he became interested in charity work being carried out by the Marist order. He later joined,taking the name Brother Walfrid.
Brother Walfrid was a born organizer, his efforts to improve the lot of the poorled him to become involved in arranging exhibition games for charity. Following one such game, with Edinburgh Hibernians,he decided that Glasgow should have it's own Irish football club.
The new club was formally constituted in nov. 6, 1887. the name Celtic was chosen to reflect both Irish and Scottish indentity. The first game was played in may 1888.since then, Glasgow Celtic has become one of the most popular and largest supported football clubs in the world. in 1892, Brother Walfrid was transfered to London where he carried on his great charitable work among the Irish poor. in 1912, following ill health, he was transfered to Dumfries. he died,aged 74,on april 17, 1915, and is buried in Mount St. Michael Cemetery, Dumfries in Scotland.
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Brother Walfrid remains a powerful symbol of Celtic FC and encapsulates all it represents. Proof positive that members of the Roman Catholic orders of Ireland have provided Scotland and the world with noble charity and love and care.
Let us not forget that Brother Walfrid managed this in a period when the British authorities were overseeing servitude and poverty for the poor in Ireland. In Brother Walfrid's day, the British government were actively encouraging only the abuse and ignorant division of the poor Irish and Scots alike.
Brother Walfrid is a genuine hero of the poor.
The Field of Dreams Celtic FC The Blarney Pilgrims
When you consider the millions of Irish emigrants in Britain during the past centuries, Celtic Park illuminates a rare if not unique, distinct and living Irish emigrant heritage memorial.
Celtic Park is a rare living monument to the existence of the Irish community in Scotland and Britain.

In the words of the song,
For you’re starting to forget it seems
Why these men all around, breaking up this ground
Are digging this field of dreams

Well we’re carving out a monument
To the thousands forced to flee
From famine and old Erin grá mo chroi
So down through all the years we won’t forget the tears
Of the hungry children forced to cross the sea
National Irish famine memorial day - Celtic FC
The Field of Dreams Celtic FC The Blarney Pilgrims

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