Offaly Boston Hurling Club
Offaly Boston is one of the hurling clubs that carry an Irish county’s name in the Boston GAA championships. Its best season so far was 2019, when it won the Boston Junior A final and then the USGAA national intermediate hurling title.
A County Name in a County-Name City
Boston hurling has always been organised around county names. Galway, Tipperary, Cork and Wexford clubs have all won North American senior hurling titles for the city, and Offaly Boston sits on the same Northeast Division club list as Galway Boston, Tipperary Boston and Wexford Boston, with Fr Tom Burke’s as the exception to the rule.
The club plays its championship hurling at the Irish Cultural Centre on New Boston Drive in Canton, the home of the Northeast Division. USGAA lists it simply as hurling in Boston, and its Facebook page is the club’s main public channel.
The 2019 Double
On 17 August 2019 Offaly beat Fr Tom Burke’s 1-19 to 2-13 in the Boston Junior A hurling final. They led 0-13 to 1-6 at half-time, Ronan Coffey goaled early in the second half, and Brian Murray kept the scoreboard moving from frees. Captain Oisin McCormack lifted the cup, the club’s second championship in three years.
The same year, Offaly, Boston was crowned USGAA national intermediate hurling champion. It is the club’s only entry on the national roll of honour so far. In 2022 they were still at Junior A level in Boston, holding off Seán Óg’s in the championship.
Offaly, Boston-Made
The club takes its name from County Offaly, and Boston has a long habit of naming hurling clubs after home counties. The crest and the word Boston are what separate this jersey from one worn by the Offaly county team or a club back in Ireland.
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