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North American Senior Hurling Championship
The North American Senior Hurling Championship is a competition run by North American GAA between hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ... teams from various cities in the United States and Canada. Most teams come from Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Roll of honour {, class="wikitable" , - ! style="background:white;color:red;" , Year ! style="background:white;color:red;" , Winner ! style="background:white;color:red;{{box-shadow border, a, blue, 2px" , Opponent , - , 2019 , JP Ryan's, Vancouver 1-33 (36) , Na Fianna, San Francisco 5-20 (35) , - , 2018 , Tipperary, Boston , JP Ryan's, Vancouver , - , 2017 , Naomh Padraig, San Francisco 1-21 (24) , Tipperary Hurling Club, San Francisco 3-14 (23) , - , 2016 , Naomh Padraig, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North American GAA
The United States County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or USGAA, is one of the 3 county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in North America, and is responsible for Gaelic games in the United States (except for the New York metropolitan area, which is administrated by the New York GAA). The county board is also responsible for the United States county teams. History Hurling and Gaelic football have been played in North America ever since Irish immigrants began landing on North American shores. The earliest games of hurling in North America were played in St. John's, Newfoundland in 1788, and there are records of football being played in Hyde Park (now the site of the Civic Center) in San Francisco as early as the 1850s. There are established clubs in the cities that traditionally have a large Irish population, such as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Boston. When the North American county board was formed it included Canadian clubs in it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurling
Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of players and much terminology. The same game played by women is called camogie ('), which shares a common Gaelic root. The objective of the game is for players to use an ash wood stick called a hurley (in Irish a ', pronounced or ) to hit a small ball called a ' between the opponent's goalposts either over the crossbar for one point or under the crossbar into a net guarded by a goalkeeper for three points. The ' can be caught in the hand and carried for not more than four steps, struck in the air or struck on the ground with the hurley. It can be kicked, or slapped with an open hand (the hand pass), for short-range passing. A player who wants to carry the ball for more than four steps has to bounce or balance the ' on the end of the stick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston GAA
The Northeast Divisional Board is a division of the United States GAA (USGAA) covering the Boston Metropolitan Area. It is the largest division of the USGAA, which in turn is affiliated to the Gaelic Athletic Association in Dublin, the governing body for Gaelic games (including Gaelic football, hurling, and camogie). The Northeast Divisional Board headquarters are at the Irish Cultural Center (ICC) in Canton, Massachusetts, which has hosted USGAA championships and tournaments combining the USGAA and the other two North American GAA affiliates, the New York GAA and the Canadian GAA. 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. Rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago GAA
The Central Divisional Board of the North American GAA is the governing body of hurling, camogie, and gaelic football in an area centered on Chicago. It is affiliated to the North American Board, and its territory was expanded in 2006 to include Milwaukee. Its headquarters are at Gaelic Park, a custom built facility for Gaelic games in the South side of Chicago. The facility has hosted major tournaments such as the North American playoffs. It hosted the 2007 Continental Youth Championship The Continental Youth Championships (CYC) is an annual weekend tournament of Gaelic football, hurling, and camogie organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association. It is contested by teams from the USA and Canada, and is a separate competition fr ...s and the 2007 North American Playoffs. The Central Divisional Board has 28 registered clubs playing Gaelic football, hurling, ladies Gaelic football, and camogie. External linksGAAofficial websiteNorth American Boardofficial websiteContinental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia GAA
The Philadelphia Divisional Board of the North American GAA is the governing body of hurling, camogie, and Gaelic football in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. It is affiliated to the North American Board. Its headquarters are at the Limerick Field Complex in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Until the 2006 North American Convention, its territory included the Washington DC/Baltimore Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, and List of United States cities by popula ... area. History The first recorded evidence of the Gaelic games in Philadelphia was in 1914 when a meeting is said to have been held at Philo Celtic Gaelic Football Club. References External links GAAofficial website Philly GAAofficial website North American Boardofficial website Continental Youth Championshipsofficial website Irish-American culture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco GAA
The Western Divisional Board of the North American Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) colloquially San Francisco GAA is the governing body of hurling, camogie, and Gaelic football in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is affiliated to the North American Board. Since its inception, its games have been played at various venues throughout the city of San Francisco on municipal fields rented from the city, such as Beach Chalet playing fields in Golden Gate Park, and Boxer Stadium at Balboa Park. From 2009 onward, its games were held at Páirc na nGael, a facility that was renovated and leased by the GAA on Treasure Island. The playing season runs from mid-April until late August. Local San Francisco championship winners advance to the NACB Playoffs that take place over Labor Day weekend every year. The playoffs rotate between cities like Chicago, Boston, Denver, Philadelphia and San Francisco. They were previously held in San Francisco in 1993, 1997, and 2001. The Continental Youth C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
