He was transferred to Bristol Rovers in 1907 and gained his second cap against Wales the following year. Harry’s wife was born in the North East and her father was the proprietor of Hunters Bar in Sunderland. Harry made 46 appearances for Sunderland and was capped against England in 1904. Hundreds of supporters fell up to 40 feet to the ground below. On April 5, 1902, during a Scotland v England match in the British Championship at Ibrox, a section of terracing at the back of the newly built West Tribune Stand collapsed due to heavy rainfall the previous night. Harry Buckle (bottom left) to his right is Louis Crowe and wearing the horizontal stripes is Irish revolutionary and Statesman Oscar Traynor (goalkeeper)īelfast-born Harry was 20 years old when Sunderland signed him from Cliftonville after impressing for Ireland against Scotland in August 1902 in an unofficial International in aid of the Ibrox Disaster Fund. Suddenly the story started to come together.īelfast Celtic 1912. Searching online for ‘Harry Buckle Belfast’ brought up not only several articles about a famous Belfast footballer, renowned and celebrated by clubs in England, Belfast and Cork, but also articles on his association with the Munster football structures following the establishment of the Football Association of Ireland in the 1920s. A Family Rosary League certificate from Malists Harry Buckle, his wife Mary and three children, John, Harry Jr and Joan. ![]() ![]() It’s possible that the Buckle family moved from the Falls to Lenadoon and settled in the area like many other families from that time. Percy Street was one of the streets which was burned out during the violence and rioting in 1969 when loyalist mobs drove many Catholic families from their homes in the lower Falls.Ī Belfast Street Directory in the Andersonstown News office confirms the above address is listed as ‘vacant’ (burned out) in 1976. Interestingly, attached to one of the photographs was an old gas bill from 23 November 1968 for a Mr H R Buckle of 94 Percy Street in the Lower Falls. The property was also home to a priest whom we believe may have been a relation (perhaps a brother) of Mr Buckle.
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