Dublin Football Team in Celtic Park
 

At the Turn of the century till the early twenties residents of Manhattan would visit Celtic Park for family outings, sports and even picnics.  Saturday night dance bands played and people came from all around. For the grand cost of 3 cents people would take the ferry from Manhattan to Long Island City and then take a horse drawn trolley to the park.  For a short duration Celtic Park conducted Greyhound racing, this brought gambling and complaints from the near by residents.

Celtic Park was a great site for sports games;  unfortunately it was torn down in the early thirties.  Now it is the home of the Celtic Apartments.  While we do not have the space to play games anymore, happily we still have the teams coming out of area..  Check our “Clubs and Organizations site” and you will still find soccer teams like the Shamrocks and Irish Rovers.
 
  (This photograph was donated by the late Larry Luby -Circa 1930)