Belfast Celtic F.C.

Belfast Celtic Football Club was an Irish football club. Founded in 1891 in Belfast, it was one of the most successful teams in Ireland until it withdrew permanently from the Irish League in 1949. The club left the league for political reasons, as the team and its supporters were largely Catholic and Irish nationalist. Belfast Celtic was one of four clubs that attracted the biggest crowds in the Irish League, the other three being Linfield, Distillery and Glentoran. Belfast Celtic played its last match in 1960.

For the extant club of the same name, see Belfast Celtic F.C. (1978).

Belfast Celtic
Full nameBelfast Celtic Football Club
Nickname(s)The Celts; The Grand Old Team
Founded1891
Dissolved1960
GroundCeltic Park, Belfast
LeagueIrish League
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