Seán Óg’s Boston
Seán Óg’s is Boston’s homegrown GAA club. It was set up so that American-born players coming through the Boston youth ranks would have an adult team of their own, and it carries the name of a six-year-old boy who never got to play for it.
Named for Sean Farrell
The club remembers Sean Farrell, who had started playing Gaelic football with the Irish Sports Youth League and died on 12 July 2005, aged six, while on holiday in Ireland. His father, John Farrell, was chairman of the Northeast Board when the club was launched, and his mother Bridget presented the first jersey to players Ciaran McDevitt and Jonathan O’Doherty.
Seán Óg’s played its first game on Saturday 16 June 2018, against Hartford in men’s Junior B football at the Irish Cultural Centre in Canton. It was the Northeast Division’s newest club, run as a development squad for players who came up through the Boston underage system, with Northeast youth officer Martin Kerr and Seamus O’Doherty in charge.
A First Title in Year Two
It did not take long. On 11 August 2019 Seán Óg’s beat Hartford 4-10 to 0-7 in the Boston Junior C hurling final. Jack Martyn opened the scoring with a goal from a long-range free, Dylan Coyne, Eoin Morissey and Peter Bannon added goals, and Kieran O’Driscoll kicked in four points.
The club stepped up from there. On the opening weekend of the 2021 championship they beat Worcester Fenians 2-13 to 1-13 in Junior B hurling, thanks to a late Mike Moylan goal, and lost by a point, 3-8 to 3-7, to Christopher’s in Junior B football. By 2022 they were meeting Offaly in Junior A hurling, and Seán Óg’s Ladies were playing in the Boston junior ladies competition alongside the Boston Shamrocks and Connacht Ladies.
A Homegrown Crest
USGAA lists the club simply as Sean Og’s GAA Club, a homegrown GAA club in Canton. The club has its own crest and has fielded teams in hurling, men’s football and ladies football. Spellings vary between Seán Óg’s and Sean Og’s, and both refer to the same Boston club.
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Sources & Further Reading
- Thar an Trasnán: Seán Óg’s, the Northeast Division’s newest club
- Thar an Trasnán: 2019 Junior C hurling final
- Thar an Trasnán: 2021 opening championship weekend
- USGAA: Northeast Division club directory
- USGAA: April 2022 newsletter
- Play Hurling: Seán Óg’s Boston club listing
Facts checked: 11 November 2026.