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Fullname:
aka: Tom Colgan
Died: 1939
Celtic Board member: 1905-1939
Tom Colgan
Tom Colgan replaced John O’Hara on the Celtic board in 1905. The publican would serve on the board until the 1939/40 season when he retired to Ireland on health grounds.
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Tom Colgan joined the Board at Belfast Celtic in 1939 until his death – so at one stage Mary Colgan owned two ‘Celtic’ football clubs.
CGS link:
http://celticgraves.com/topic/8412919/1/?x=50#new
The Toomebridge Connection.
The Toomebridge connection is complex but important. Tom Colgan had married in 1906, a daughter of James Grant, whose family roots were in Toomebridge. However Mrs Colgan died on the birth of their daughter Mary a short time later. From a young age Mary lived at Toome House, Toomebridge with her aunt and uncle, Neil and Felcia Grant, both of whom were unmarried. From the 1920s to the 1950s Mary and her aunt Felicia would make occasional expeditions to Glasgow for major Celtic occasions although according to surviving relatives the ladies interest in the sport was distinctly limited. Mary’s cousin Brian Grant recalls joining in those expeditions which took the Toomebridge party to the Bank resturant before and after the game, on to the team bus and even into the dressing rooms! When Tom Colgan retired both from business in Glasgow and as a Celtic director in 1940 he took up residence in Toome House with his daughter and the Grants. He died in 1946 and the Colgan’s shares were left to Mary who thus became, when the transfer was completed in 1949, the holder of 1103 fully paid and 1150 part paid shares making her the third force in Celtic behind only the Kellys and the Whites.
From Celtic A Century With Honour by Brian Wilson.
