Spirit of 1803 Celtic Supporters Club – Statement
We would like to take this opportunity to condemn the disgraceful attack perpetrated by far right agitators on Celtic FC supporters in Dublin, Ireland yesterday (Saturday 26 April 2025). Celtic supporters had earlier gathered socially, in a public house to celebrate Celtic FC’s victory away to Dundee United and the achievement of their beloved club’s 55th Scottish League title.
James Connolly Pub on Eden Quay, Dublin
An anti-immigration demonstration had been scheduled to conclude nearby on Custom House Quay when an estimated figure of between 35 and 50 people who had been at the demonstration entered the aptly named James Connolly Pub on Eden Quay. James Connolly, the Irish socialist, republican and leader of the 1916 Easter Rising was himself an economic immigrant from Scotland.
Adam Idah. Celtic Champions 2025. Dundee United v Celtic, 26 April 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou
Irish born Adam Idah had scored twice to secure Celtic’s win
Ironically Irish born Adam Idah had scored twice to secure Celtic’s win and the league title. Adam Idah is the son of a Nigerian immigrant.
The demonstration had been earlier chanting “Get Them Out” in reference to forced mass deportation and anti-Palestinian solidarity slogans with Israeli flags openly on display.
Celtic supporters at James Connolly Pub on Eden Quay, Dublin in March 2025
Racists launched into a physical attack on the Celtic FC supporters
Those in attendance at the social gathering asked the supporters of the demonstration to leave, in consistance with the Celtic FC message of solidarity with the Palestinian people and those in need of refuge worldwide.
The demonstrators launched into a physical attack on the Celtic FC supporters and horrendous racial abuse of non Irish members of staff and management.
The much larger far right contingent were bravely removed from the property by Celtic supporters while management and staff secured the entrance, closing the venue to the public until it was safe to re-open.
We hereby condemn this display and manifestation of bigotry and hatred.
Celtic Champions 2025. Dundee United v Celtic, 26 April 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
Celtic FC is a renowned football club, established in 1887 based on the principles of support for impoverished immigrants and refuge seekers
Celtic FC is a renowned football club, established in 1887 based on the principles of support for impoverished immigrants and refuge seekers. Celtic FC is also a community of international solidarity, there is an estimated international support base of over 9 million supporters (2003) across over 160 Celtic Supporters Clubs established in over 20 countries worldwide.
Celtic supporters at James Connolly Pub on Eden Quay, Dublin in March 2025
They have no place in Paradise
There is no place for racism, fascism, anti-immigrant support or even sentiment, regardless of the socio-economic or political climate in the ethos of the spirit of being a true Celtic FC supporter. We abhor the attack in Dublin on our club’s supporters as much as we abhor the message that the Dublin demonstration heralded, and we appeal to those suffering under trying economic circumstances not to be duped by opportunistic political agitators with a far right narrative.
Celtic supporters at James Connolly Pub on Eden Quay, Dublin in March 2025
They do not have the solution to your problems, or the will to strategise one if all they have to offer is placing blame upon the world’s weakest people, refuge seekers.
We ask all genuine Celtic Supporters Clubs and individual fans to share this statement.
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These morons are a disgrace. Us Irish have migrated all around the world and 99% of us welcome the people coming here to settle after massive hardships. Carrying Israeli flags who are responsible for the deaths of 10s of thousands of innocents shows the mentality of these clowns.
We all know about the Irish migration around the world ‘ 99% don’t welcome the immigrants here in Ireland today as you say our ancestors were all hard working immigrant thy didn’t get handouts from countries they landed at thy had to work hard for everything but today immigrants mostly men are here to take what the Irish government give them and it’s leaving its own citizens struggling. If it was 10,000 Palestine immigrants fleeing here thy would be more welcomed but there is thousands of men coming it’s not good for our own people just look around what’s happening in England we cannot let this happen here
Just a thought but aren’t Celtic Fans supposed to know their Catholic History? It’s a little confusing that we’re supposed to be on the Jewish side but are somehow protecting the people that call for their genocide since the name Palestine was founded in the 1960s. Egypt occupied that area prior. So the argument about ending the occupation is a strange one also. I’d understand if Egypt was claiming that but they aren’t
These morons are a disgrace to the tricolours they drape around themselves.
James Connolly and Michael Davitt fought all their lives against the bigotry and racism they espouse.
Hail Hail.
The principle I state and mean to stand upon is this: that the entire ownership of Ireland, moral and material, up to the sun and down to the centre, is vested of right in the people of Ireland’
JAMES FINTAN LALOR.
YOUNG IRELANDER.
flanked the masthead of James Connolly’s paper, The Harp, and Jim Larkin called his third son Lalor.
Micheal Davitt considered Lalor to be the only true Irish Revolutionary of the Young Irelander/Fenian Brotherhood period.
PH Pearse considered Lalor 1 of the 4 Evangelists of Irish Nationalism along with T W Tone, Thomas Davis and John Mitchell.
WAS LALOR “FAR RIGHT”? AWAY OR THAT!
Our history is more complex than equating our colonial experience with the Arabs in gaza.
Our people emigrated. Suffered hard times.
But so did those who stayed, poorly served by bad govts including labour.
And through those hard times Our people built the state that we have today.
I’m not minded to hand it away to MEN WHO COME HERE WITHOUT PAPERS, ILLEGALLY.
DO YOU WANT TO SOW THE SEEDS OF A FUTURE ROTHERHAM, ONLY THIS TIMR HERE.
LOOK AT THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS WITH MASS MIGRATION. ITS NOT GOOD.
WE NEED TO LEARN THOSE LESSONS.
WHAT I WONT DO IS LISTEN TO GUFF FROM MY FELLOW CELTIC SUPPORTERS ABOUT FAR RIGHT.
THE FALSE LEFT IN IRELAND ARE NO USE TO WORKING CLASS IRISH PEOPLE.
THE FALSE LEFT ALWAYS SIDE WITH MINORITIES VS THERE OWN.
AS FOR VIRTUE SIGNALLING OVER GAZA?
WHAT ABOUT THE DECIMATION OF ANCIENT CHRISTIAN SOCIETIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
ARMENIANS ETHNICALLY CLEANSED BY AZERBAIJAN?
DARFUR MUSLIM ON MUSLIM SLAUGHTER?
THE CONGO CASUALTY FIGURES NOW IN THE MILLIONS.
THE COLLECTION OF PHOBES AND ISMS OUTSIDE THE GPO IS NO GOOD TO IRISH WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.
AND I’M A LIFETIME CELTIC SUPPORTER SEASON TICKET AND SHAREHOLDER.
FAMILY CONNECTIONS GOING BACT TO THE 1900s
When people waving the hams flag do so they represent themselves. NOT ME.
I’M WITH JAMES FINTAN LALOR.
DAVITT CONNOLLY AND PEARSE REGARDED HIM HIGHLY.
IS THAT FAR RIGHT?
A very good post Eamonn Brady (great name!) There are many morons in the Celtic support that think anything “socialist” represents Celtic values and any concerns over mass unfettered immigration represents “racism” or “far right”. May I remind these morons that Hitler was the leader of the Nationalist Socialist Party. The use of the term “far right” is lazy and unhelpful. I would also like to add anyone supporting Israel is either a total moronic idiot or a psychopath.
As if the Irish Nationalist should hold the Islamist to his peer.
The day long-awaited is swiftly coming when Foreign Planters and False shoneen “Nationalists” will be held to account for their perfidy .The Club’s message is clear, it is perfectly acceptable to hate Ibrox and the Protestants but do not dare notice the hordes of Islamic Pimps and Sub-Saharan replacements flooding the land.
Regarding Adam Idah, a Pig born in a stable does not a Horse make.
The Ghost of Arthur Griffith will place his spectral bollocks in the mouth of any Irishman who abandons or betrays his native home in Favour of Bourgeois, Liberal and Globalist forces that have already terminally infested the beautiful game
Be warned, the Celt is beginning to hate again and it will be glorious.
These people you refer to as racist far right morons, are actually ordinary decent people who are very concerned that their country is being invaded by economic illegal migrants, single men of soldier age are systematically being encouraged to overwhelm the country with a sinister plan to destroy the country and everything that makes Ireland Irish. The borders are open and Ireland like the rest of Europe are being invaded. This is not normal. It is an organized plan to lose the identities of all European countries, Ireland being just one country of many. Our politicians are traitors, working for the unelected evil World Economic Forum and you idiots are the morons not only allowing it to happen, but encouraging it! If you love Ireland you will take the side of the protestors. Soon there will be no Ireland unless this madness mass immigration stops.
What an ignorant article. Pushing your politics on Celtic fans.
Clearly you haven’t a clue what is happening in Ireland.
How dare you conflate James Connolly with the violent rapists who have zero interest integrating here let alone fighting for our constitution.
Do you think it’s fair that someone comes here and gets €500 a week as well as a house and car, while Irish people freeze to death on the street?
Do you think it’s right that 1000 African and Arab young men are installed during the night in a village of 800 Irish people who cannot walk their village in safety any longer?
Do you think it’s ok that we now have a massive increase in stabbings and sexual violence? These were cultures foreign to us.
James Connolly and our heroes of ’16 did not fight for this.
Morons, fucking morons, fucking far right morons but what do you expect from idiots who revere Trump? They love Trump because it allows them to be racist and misogynist and thick as shit. It says plenty about the Manchild protesters that they tried to attack a small number of Celtic fans as they are too frightened to have a go at a bigger crowd. Typical shitebags of the highest order.