Shaughnessy, Joseph

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One of two lawyers involved in the establishment of the Celtic club, it was Shaughnessy who proposed that Michael Davitt be Celtic’s honorary patron at the club’s inaugural AGM on 21st June 1889 in the Mechanics Hall, Bridgeton.

In 1887, Davitt’s visits to Scotland attracted great headlines including the Glasgow Observer’s ‘Davitt in Highlands – the Tribune of the Celtic Race’. Shaughnessy was an important ‘fixer’ for the new club, a Rutherglen councillor who knew his way around the corridors of local power to help get the team established.

He was also involved in the Rutherglen St Vincent de Paul Conference and dealt with any legal issues which concerned the club. He was the main legal advisor to the nascent trade unions in Scotland and associate of John O'Hara, another Founding Father who was a trade union official.

James Farrell joined the Shaugnessy law firm in the middle of the last century and the Celtic director maintained this link with Celtic's founder up until the 1980s. The law firm is still in business.

Remembrance service was held for him on 27 Jan 2018 by the Celtic Graves Society.

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Celtic Graves Society commemoration.


Saturday 27th January 2018.

Joseph Shaughnessy Booklet.

Web Flier

Photos courtesy of the Shaughnessy family.

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Grave and marker.

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Speakers, Thomas Davidson and Colin Shaughnessy.
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Lisbon Lion Charlie Gallagher in attendance.
Shaughnessy, Joseph - The Celtic Wiki
Shaughnessy, Joseph - The Celtic Wiki