Celtic Graves and Memorials

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Charlie Tully graveside - Milltown   Cemetery, Belfast

This section is for documenting graves and memorials of Celtic players, managers and established figures in the history of our club.

If there are any other notable entries then please enter them below or PM one of the admin/moderators to assist (mail “All Moderators”).

To assist various supporters’ efforts, an informal “Celtic Graves Society” forum was created, see link.

The aim is to document the sites in order that supporters and family can visit them out of respect and we hope to be able to keep them in good condition.

Apologies but there are a number of old pictures that have to still be re-added into the below lost from the old site transfer from last year.

So please bear with us. Apologies for inconvenience in the meantime BUT if you really need any pics from here then let us know and we’ll push that up in priority.


Graves & Memorials

Player/Manager/Patron/Key Figures
Cemetery
Notes
Grave & Memorial Page
George Allan
Linlithgow Cemetery Family Grave, Row A lair 273 … Grave & Memorial
Willie Angus Wilton Cemetery, Wilton Road, Carluke. The replica of the Victoria Cross was designed and manufactured by Mr Angus’s engineer son, the late Nugent Angus. Nugent made the replica and fixed it to the headstone in 1975, covering an original carving of the medal into the granite of the stone. The original had weathered and was barely visible. William Angus VC died just two days after the 44th anniversary of his brave deed. His last annual telegram of thanks from the Martin family was delivered to him in hospital. Grave & Memorial
Barney Battles St.Peter’s Dalbeth Funeral Mass at Sacred Heart Bridgeton and Burial at St.Peter’s Dalbeth. Gravestone was restored in March 2011 by the Celtic Graves Society in conjunction with the club and family.
Grave & Memorial
Alec Bennett
Eastwood Cemetery
Unmarked grave (as of Oct 2010)
Grave & Memorial
James Blessington
Newton Abbot Cemetery James Blessington is buried in in Newton Abbot Cemetery. He died in Torbay Hospital on the 18 April 1939 and was buried on the 21st April 1939. The owner of the grave is a Margaret Blessington of 8 Market Street, Newton Abbot.

Also buried in the grave is a Margaret Warn
Grave & Memorial
John Bonnar
Dalbeth Cemetery
  Grave & Memorial
John Browning
Alexandria Cemetery   Grave & Memorial
Tommy Burns Linn Cemetery Funeral at St.Mary”s Calton – Tommy was then Laid to Rest in The Linn Cemetery which is off Lainshaw Drive/Drakemire Drive on the South side of Glasgow. Funeral page,
Grave & Memorial
Johnny Campbell Dalbeth Cemetery Buried in Dalbeth Cemetery. His Resting Place is in the West Plot – Lair No.214 (the same area of the cemetery as Jimmy McMenemy). Grave & Memorial
Dr John Conway Dalbeth Cemetery   Grave & Memorial
Hugh Clifford
Holytown Cemetery
Sect. B lair 753 Grave & Memorial
John Cushley Bothwell Park Cemetery John’s Funeral was at St.Bride’s Bothwell and he was laid to rest at Bothwell Park Cemetery – On the border of Uddingston/Bothwell  
Jimmy Delaney
Cambusnethan Cemetery   Grave & Memorial
Joe Dodds
St Convals
  Grave & Memorial
Frank Dolan
Old Monkland Cemetery   Grave & Memorial
Michael Dolan
Old Monkland Cemetery   Grave & Memorial
John Donnelly     Grave & Memorial
Peter Dowds
Abbey Cemetery, Elderslie. Peter Dowds lies in an unmarked grave in Abbey Cemetery, Elderslie.
His grave is only a short distance away from fellow Johnstone Celt, Peter Scarff.
Grave & Memorial
Robert Downie St Kentigern’s Cemetery Downie has a grave/memorial at St. Kentigern’s Cemetery, Glasgow, Scotland. Section 21. Lair 506. Headstone. Grave & Memorial
Dan Doyle St.Peter’s Dalbeth Grave & Memorial
Remembrance (2010)
Johnny Doyle Grassyards Road cemetery In Kilmarnock Cemetery. Grave & Memorial
Memorial (2011)
Michael Dunbar St.Peter’s Dalbeth Celtic player and Director – St.Peter’s Dalbeth – Section 12 Lair 203 Grave & Remembrance
Patsy Gallacher Arkleston Cemetery Funeral was at St. Paul’s Whiteinch. Grave & Memorial
Wiile Gallacher Arkleston Cemetery Willie Gallacher (Patsy’s son and another ex Celtic Player) is buried in the same lair as his Father. Willie’s inscription is on the side of Patsy’s headstone.  
Chic Geatons
Lochgelly Cemetery
  Grave & Memorial
John Glass
Dalbeth Cemetery   Grave & Obituary
Memorial (2011)
Samuel Little Glasgow
Leadhill’s Cemetery
Sam died on January 4, 1966 in Glen Cove Community Hospital, NY. A Masonic service and Clan Gordon service were held at Dodge-Thomas Funeral Home. Religious services were conducted by the Rev. Stewart at Roslyn Presbyterian Church. Sam was cremated at the Fresh Pound Crematory, Middle Village, NY and his ashes interred in Leadhills where he was laid to rest with his beloved Margaret.
Grave & Memorial
Willie Groves
Newington Cemetery, Edinburgh
  Grave & Memorial
Michael Hamill
Hannahstown Cemetary (Belfast)
  Grave & Memorial
David Hamilton
Dalbeth Cemetery   Grave & Memorial
Remembrance (2011)
James Hay
Ayr Cemetery
  Grave & Memorial
Jimmy Johnstone Bothwell Park Cemetery Funeral Mass was at St.John The Baptist Uddingston and then Burial at Bothwell Park Cemetery which is on the border of Uddingston/Bothwell. Funeral & Grave
Tom Maley
St Kentigern´s Cemetery Buried in St Kentigerns, Glasgow. Grave & Memorial
Willie Maley
Cathcart Cemetery Willie Maley’s grave is a family plot, a double lair. Beside him are his father Tom, mother Mary and wife Helen as well as two infants from the family who passed way before their time. Grave & Memorial
John McAlindon
Dalbeth Cemetery
  Grave & Memorial
Dan McArthur
Eastern Necropolis Cemetery

Grave & Memorial (2023)
Andy McAtee
Kilsyth Cemetry
  Grave & Memorial
Pat McAuley
St Patricks, New Stevenston
  Grave & Memorial
Neil McCallum Bonhill Church Cemetery Neil was the scorer of Celtic’s first ever goal in a 5-2 victory over Rangers on 28th May 1888. Grave & Memorial
Peter McGonagle
Cheltenham Crematorium
  Grave & Memorial
Jimmy McGrory St.Peter’s Dalbeth Jimmy ‘s Funeral was held at St Leo the Great’s in Dumbreck near to where Jimmy lived – He was subsequently laid to Rest at St.Peter’s Dalbeth which is On London Road near his Beloved Celtic Park – Both Jock Stein and Jimmy’s great friend “Malky” McDonald attended the Church service and then met the Cortege at the Cemetery Gates where “Malky ” was openly weeping at the loss of his friend. Grave & Memorial
Michael McKeown
Dalbeth Cemetery   Grave & Memorial
John & William McKillop Dalbeth Cemetery First Committee members buried together in Dalbeth. Grave & Memorial
Tommy McInally St.Conval’s Cemetery Barrhead Grave & Memorial
Brian McLaughlin Grandsable Cemetery Polmont  
John H McLaughlin
    Grave & Memorial
Sandy McMahon
Dalbeth Cemetery Grave & Memorial
Jimmy McMenemy Dalbeth Jimmy McMenemy’s Resting Place in Dalbeth is in the area called West Plot – Lair No.990 Grave & Memorial
Alec McNair Larbert Cemetery Larbert cemetery, section 2, lair number 628.
At the entrance to the cemetery there is a layout showing the various different sections and their locations. Alec`s grave is on the right hand side of Section 2.
At time of writing it is a very well kept cemetery and Alec`s grave has been well tended to.
Grave & Memorial
Billy McNeill   Service at St Aloysius Church
Grave & Memorial
Willie McStay
Buried in St Conval’s Cemetery Buried in St Conval’s Cemetery Grave & Obituary
David Meikleham Dalbeth Cemetery   Grave & Memorial
Willie Miller
Baldernock Parish
  Grave & Memorial
John Millsop
Westburn Cemetery
He is buried in Lair no.6486 at Westburn Cemetery on the edge of Cambuslang at what was previously known as “The Circuit”. Grave & Memorial
Neil Mochan Camelon Cemetery Funeral was held at St.Francis Xavier’s in Falkirk. Grave & Memorial
Phil O’Donnell Bent Cemetery Phil’s Funeral was held at St.Mary’s Hamilton and he was laid to rest in Bent Cemetery,Hamilton. Grave & Memorial
Hugh O’Neill
Douglas Bank Cemetery
  Grave & Memorial
Bertie Peacock Coleraine Cemetery Coleraine  
Jeremiah Reynolds
St Peter’s Cemetery
Dalbeth
Grave & Memorial
Jimmy Quinn Kilsyth Cemetery Kilsyth Grave & Obituary
Peter Scarff Kilbarchan Cemetery   Grave & Memorial
Charlie Shaw
New Jersey, USA
Madonna Cemetery, Fort Lee, New Jersey Grave & Memorial
Peter Somers
West Cemetery in Wellhall Rd Hamilton.   Grave & Memorial
Bertie Thomson Abbey Cemetery,Elderslie Famous 1930’s winger. His gravestone has the inscription “Bertie, of Celtic FC”  
John Thomson Bowhill Cemetery Main Street – Cardenden  
Charlie Tully Milltown Cemetery West Belfast Grave & Memorial
Brother Walfrid Mount St.Michael – Dumfries Dumfries – Mount St.Michael Chapel is at the back of St,Joseph’s College Dumfries – Just up from the Chapel is a small white fenced Graveyard where the Marist Brothers including Brother Walfrid have been laid to rest. – From 2004/2005 The Cemetery fell under the care and jurisdiction of the local Council but it is till open to the Public to pay their respects. Grave & Memorial
Peter Wilson
Beath Cemetery
  Grave & Memorial
James “Sunny Jim” Young
Kilmarnock Cemetery
  Grave & Obituary

Cremations

Player/Manager/Patron
Crematorium
Notes
Stevie Chalmers
  The Funeral Mass took place at 11.30am on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at St. Mary’s Church, Calton, Glasgow (G40 2DQ). Following the Church service, the cortege will pass through the Celtic Way at approximately 12.45-1pm and onwards to a private family Cremation.
Tommy Gemmill Daldowie Crematorium Tommy’s funeral was held at Daldowie Crematorium on 10th March, on a Friday at 12 noon. Prior to that, the funeral cortège left Celtic Park and travelled down the Celtic Way for one last visit to Celtic Park, then on to London Road towards Daldowie Crematorium.
Bobby Murdoch Linn Crematorium Funeral was at St.Columbkille’s Rutherglen.,followed by Bobby’s cremation at the Linn Crematorium – In a subsequent podcast several years later Bobby’s widow informed us some of the Great Man’s ashes are scattered at Celtic park
Ronnie Simpson St.Ninian’s.Corstorphine – Edinburgh Funeral there too
Jock Stein Linn Crematorium Does not have a grave as such
     

First ever Celtic XI from the inaugural match (link)

Player Grave Location State of Grave Pictures
Michael Dolan      
Eddie Pearson Cambusnethan Cemetery   Grave page
James McLaughlin McLachlan St Kentigerns   Grave
Memorial (2011)
Willie Maley Cathcart Cemetery Grave page
James Kelly St Patrick’s New Stevenston Alongside his family including Chairman Sir Robert Kelly. Grave page
Phil Murray St Agatha’s Cemetery, Bridgeville, PA (USA) He is buried with his wife Ellen Murray. Grave Page
Neil McCallum Bonhill Church Cemetery, Vale of Leven No headstone. There are two other McCallums, both females, buried in close proximity to Neilly. Grave page
Tom Maley St. Kentigern’s Cemetery, Glasgow   Grave page
Johnny Madden Prague Died 17th April 1948 Aged 83 – Buried in Olsanke Cemetery in Prague. Grave
Mick Dunbar Buried at Dalbeth Grave intact Grave page
Charlie Gorevin Holy Cross Cemetery, Holy Cross Cemetery, 3620 Tilden Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11203.Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY in Section St Michael, Range 22 Grave number 102. Grave

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