New York, New York, GAA’s Slice of the Big Apple

The New York GAA jersey is well known back in Ireland primarily through the county team’s participation in the Connacht football championship and previously the hurlers’ participation in the Ulster senior hurling championship. A star studded list of players have pulled on the famous blue, white and red shirt over the years. The New York County board is responsible for all games in the state as well as the inter-county teams. In the last couple of seasons the New York team has performed creditably against Sligo and Roscommon and it is widely considered only a matter of time before the county records a breakthrough championship success in Connacht.

In the 2006 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship New York scored a famous 1-18 to 1-12 win over Derry GAA. This entitled them to take part in the Ulster final, which had to be delayed because the New York players had trouble travelling due to some visa concerns. The final eventually was played in Boston in  October of that year as a curtain-raiser to the Interprovincial Championship football final. New York lost 2-20 – 1-14 to

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