Boston GAA
Boston GAA is the name most people use for the Northeast Division of the United States GAA, the board that runs hurling, Gaelic football, ladies football and camogie across Boston and the surrounding New England states. USGAA describes it as its largest division by number of players, and in August 2026 its home ground in Canton hosted the national finals.
A Division Built Around One Ground
Boston GAA covers clubs in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut and Rhode Island. The Irish Cultural Centre of New England puts its membership at 45 clubs, and the USGAA directory lists outfits from county-named sides such as Cork Boston, Kerry Boston, Donegal Boston and Galway Boston to clubs in Hartford, Worcester, Providence, Concord and Portland, Maine.
The Irish Cultural Centre on New Boston Drive in Canton is the division’s permanent home. According to the centre itself, giving Boston GAA a ground of its own was one of the reasons the land was bought more than 30 years ago, and GAA volunteers helped build the place. The playing fields were upgraded in 2020, and the Irish Sports Youth League, Boston GAA’s youth affiliate, trains there too.
Galway and Donegal Level on Nine
The Boston Senior Football Championship roll of honour goes back to 1928, when Kerry won it. Galway and Donegal now share the record with nine titles each. Donegal won in 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2024, before Galway took the 2025 final against Donegal, 2-17 to 2-11.
Hurling runs just as deep. Galway, Tipperary, Cork, Wexford and Fr Tom Burke’s have all won the North American senior hurling title for Boston, and Offaly Boston added the national intermediate title in 2019. In 2006 Canton hosted the first Owen Treacy Cup and the first Ulster hurling final played outside Ireland, between New York and Antrim.
A Big 2026 in Canton
Galway Boston won the 2026 Boston senior football final, beating Aidan McAnespie’s 2-24 to 4-15. The USGAA Finals then came to Canton from 14 to 16 August, with more than 100 teams across hurling, camogie, ladies football and men’s football, from Junior D up to Senior.
Boston clubs made the most of home advantage. On 16 August Galway Boston beat Pádraig Pearses of Chicago 1-25 to 3-11 in the senior football final, with a late goal from Westmeath’s Senan Baker, and the Boston Shamrocks won the intermediate ladies football final against Clan na Gael.
The Boston GAA Crest
Most Boston players wear their own club colours, such as the red and white of Cork Boston. Jerseys carrying the Boston GAA name and crest are made for teams that represent the division as a whole, such as the girls’ Féile squads, and O’Neills has produced several versions over the years.
This FanFile covers Boston GAA as a club rather than one particular jersey. Check the crest, sponsor, manufacturer label and product code on your own shirt to identify its specific season and edition.
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Club Links
Sources & Further Reading
- USGAA: Northeast Division and club directory
- Irish Cultural Centre of New England: Boston GAA at the ICC
- Wikipedia: Boston Senior Football Championship
- Play Hurling: USGAA hurling roll of honour
- Hogan Stand: Galway Boston win the 2026 USGAA senior final
- San Francisco GAA: 2026 USGAA Finals results
Facts checked: 11 November 2026.