Northeast Division GAA Board
The Northeast Divisional Board of the North American GAA is the governing body of hurling, camogie, and Gaelic football in the Boston metropolitan area of Massachusetts. It is affiliated to the North American Board, and is the largest division in the NACB. Its headquarters are at the Irish Cultural Center (ICC) in Canton, MA, a facility that has hosted many major tournaments over the years such as the North American Playoffs, the Martin Donnelly Interprovincial Championship, the Continental Youth Championship, and many more.[1]
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Area
The Irish Cultural Center covers a tract of land that includes two parking lots, four Gaelic Football/Hurling fields, a club house with a pub, snack bar, events hall, and meeting room, and a children's playground. The largest of the four fields is used for minor league football/hurling games for teams in the local area. A bridge used for entering the facility is also used for marriages.
Recent history
In 2006 it hosted the inaugural Owen Treacy Cup, a game between a combined North American team, and the winners of the Tommy Murphy Cup (in this case, Louth). On the same weekend it hosted the Martin Donnelly cup, and the first ever instance of the Ulster Hurling final being played outside Ireland, (in this case New York and Antrim competed). In 2007 the ICC hosted the Continental Youth Championship, a tournament in with U-10,U-12,U-14,U16 and U-18 Gaelic Football/Hurling teams from New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago competing.
Club competitions
- Boston Senior Football Championship
- Boston Senior Hurling Championship
- Intermediate Football Championship
- Junior Football Championship
- Junior Hurling Championship
Affiliated clubs
- Aidan McAnespie's Gaelic Football Club (GFC), Boston, MA - Website
- Armagh-Notre Dame GFC, Boston, MA - Website
- Barley House Wolves Hurling Club (HC), Concord, NH - Website
- Boston Shamrocks Ladies Gaelic Football Club (LGFC), Boston, MA - Website
- Boston Youth Gaelic Athletic Club (GAC: football & hurling), Boston, MA - NACB Website listing
- Christophers GFC, Boston, MA - Website
- Connemara Gaels GFC, Boston, MA - Website
- Cork GFC, Boston, MA - Website
- Cork HC, Boston, MA - NACB Website listing
- Donegal GFC, Boston, MA - Website
- Éire Óg Camogie Club, Boston, MA - Website
- Emerald Isle Camogie Club, Boston, MA - NACB Website listing
- Fr Tom Burke's HC, Boston, MA - NACB Website listing
- Galway GFC, Boston, MA - Website
- Galway HC, Boston, MA - Website
- Hartford GFC, Hartford, CT - Website
- Kerry GFC, Boston, MA - Website
- Limerick HC, Boston, MA - Website
- Mayo GFC, Boston, MA - Website
- Naomh Pádraig Camogie Club, New York, NY - NACB Website listing
- New England Celtics GFC, Boston, MA - NACB Website listing
- Portland HC, Portland, ME - Website
- Rochester Erin's Isle GFC, Rochester, NY - Website
- Roscommon LGFC, Boston, MA - Website
- Shannon Blues GFC, Boston, MA - Website
- St Columbkilles GFC, Boston, MA - Website
- Tipperary HC, Boston, MA - NACB Website listing
- Tír na nÓg LGFC, Boston, MA - NACB Website listing
- Wexford HC, Boston, MA - Website
- Wolfe Tones GFC, Boston, MA - Website
- Worcester GAA Club, Worcester, MA - Website
External links
- GAA official website
- Boston GAA Official website
- North American Board official website
- Continental Youth Championships official website