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unusual facts about Belfast Celtic



Barn United F.C.

It would regularly attract several hundred home fans to its games and gates of 2000 or more were recorded when it played local favourites Linfield and Belfast Celtic.

Billy Richardson

He played in 2 Cup Finals in 1945; losing the FAI Cup Final 1-0 to Shamrock Rovers in front of a record attendance of over 41,000 at Dalymount Park but making up for that defeat by beating Belfast Celtic 3-2 on aggregate in the Inter City Cup Final.

Donegal Celtic F.C.

They registered their chosen name with the Irish Football League, taking the name from the area in which they were based, Lenadoon, Gweedore, Glenveagh are all local areas named after towns in County Donegal, with the Celtic part being taken on due to the massive local following for Scotland's Celtic, and formerly Belfast Celtic.


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