The New York County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Nua Eabhrac) , or New York GAA, is one of the county boards of the GAA outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in the New York metropolitan area. The county board is also responsible for the New York inter county teams.

History

Gaelic games have been played in New York since the foundation of the GAA. The New York county board Administer the New York metropolitan area .

Hurling

In the 2006 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship New York scored a famous 1-18 to 1-12 win over Derry. This entitled them to take part in the Ulster final, which had to be delayed because the New York players had trouble travelling , see All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2006. The delayed game took place in Boston on Sunday October 22 2006 as a curtain-raiser to the Interprovincial Championship football final, New York lost 2-20 – 1-14 to Antrim. New York has withdrawn from the 2007 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship as many of the players have left New York.

Honours

Club Competitions

• New York Senior Hurling Championship

Gaelic football

The New York GAA has a long and outstanding history in Gaelic games starting at the time of the mass immigration to New York from Ireland. Since then Gaelic Football in New York has taken off. At one point there were close to 40 football clubs in the New York GAA league. However, since the migration back to Ireland with that country's increasing economic prosperity (the (Celtic Tiger), the number of clubs dwindled down to 31. In the past two years the NY GAA has brought in two new teams, one (Na Clairsigh) from Albany and the other (Four Provinces) from Philadelphia. But with the Meath team dropping out of the league competition due to too few players and other teams combining together, the NY GAA is unstable at the moment. With a renovated Gaelic Park, however, the future is looking up, with the minor age teams taking over.

Honours

• National Football League 3

1950, 1964, 1967

Club Competitions

• New York Senior Football Championship
• New York Junior Football Championship

Camogie

Camogie is also played in New York.

Ladies' Gaelic football

Neew York has a number of ladies' football teams. The county also fiields a Ladies' team in the Women's World Cup (this tournament does not include Irish sides).

External links

• New York GAA Board website
• New York Ladies GAA website