County Mayo-born Michael Davitt was an Irish nationalist, social campaigner and and founder of the Irish National League.

It says much about the founding fathers of Celtic that when the club moved to its present home in 1892 Michael Davitt was asked to lay the first sod of turf. A man of great integrity and much admired for his commited stance against poverty and the bully boy landlords of Ireland - and also highland Scotland - Davitt was a figure much revered by the Irish in Glasgow.

The club further endorsed Michael Davitt and his fight for social justice when they made him an honourable Patron of the club.