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CIE Transport Gaels set for historic Boston visit
A huge delegation of CIE workers will descend on Boston next month to take on a Boston selection, among others. Mattie Lennon, the group’s media co-ordinator, tells USGAA how the story began…
Boston Finals: Tipp clinch senior hurling crown
Boston Senior Hurling Final: Tipperary 3-15 Galway 2-08 Tipp, favourites beforehand, lived up to the tag although it took them a while to stamp their authority on proceedings at Canton on Sunday. Galway had been moving well over the past few weeks, and they started with brightly here when Enda Concannon latched onto a cross-field [...]
Boston Finals: Donegal take senior honors
Boston Senior Football Final: Donegal 2-11 McAnespie’s 0-09 After an awful string of results in high summer which saw them barely make the semi-finals (having to do it via a playoff), Donegal actually arrived in the final as the form team having beaten Christopher’s and Wolfe Tones in their previous two games with some conviction. [...]
Orla Benson Cup Final: Shamrocks blitz Tir na Nog
Orla Benson Cup Final: Boston Shamrocks 6-13 Tir na Nog 1-04 In searing heat at Canton on Sunday, the ladies of Boston Shamrocks and Tir na Nog did battle for the Orla Benson Cup which was held over from earlier in the season. Although both teams were depleted as their main championship concluded weeks ago, [...]
Boston Finals: Macs leave it late to seal Junior A title
Boston Junior A football final: McAnespie’s 1-12 Donegal 1-11 A blood and thunder opening at Canton on Sunday, in which Paul Boyce opened the scoring for Donegal with a free from the left sideline, and Darren Green soon had Donegal into a two point lead when he knocked over a tenacious score after fighting off [...]
Boston Finals: Gaels coast past Galway in Junior B
Boston Junior B Football Final: Connemara Gaels 3-08 Galway 0-08 Both sides have played a lot better than this at various stages in the year but both seemed struck by stage fright at Canton on Saturday. After tentative initial exchanges which featured a host of wides from both teams, Paul McGovern pushed Galway ahead when [...]
Boston Finals: Blues trump Kerry Intermediate decider
Intermediate Football Final: Shannon Blues 2-10 Kerry 1-08 The Blues and Kerry did battle for the consolation of Intermediate champions at Canton on Saturday evening. Paul O’Connor can be proud of his season’s work and he started brightly here, posting a free, which Kerry’s Tomas Deenehy cancelled out with a great turn and score. O’Connor [...]
Boston SHC: Galway advance to meet Tipp
Boston Senior Hurling Semifinal: Galway 4-19 Wexford 1-10 Galway looked to be motoring slightly the better of these two sides, and so it proved on Sunday as they advanced to the decider where they’ll meet Tipperary. Conditions were, to say the least, not ideal, with constant rain making fluent play almost impossible. To their credit [...]
Boston SFC: Improving Donegal see off Christopher’s
Boston Senior Football Semifinal Playoff: Donegal 0-14 Christopher’s 1-06 Donegal saw off a strong Christopher’s challenge as the light faded at Canton on Sunday. This match took the form of a play-off to see who advanced to play the Wolfe Tones in the second semi-final (to be played Tuesday), and although Donegal will need to [...]
Boston SFC: McAnespie’s looking strong
Boston Senior Football Semifinal: McAnespie’s 1-15 Armagh Notre Dame 0-08 This Semifinal clash saw the Macs take on Armagh instead of Christopher’s as had been initially scheduled, as Christopher’s were forced into a playoff with Donegal following a successful appeal by Armagh. Still, this was a mouthwatering clash, albeit that expectations were tempered due to [...]