Connemara Gaels GFC Boston
Connemara vs Donegal
The Connemara Gaels of Boston became a GAA club as a result of not many playing opportunities with the established GAA clubs of Boston. The majority of the clubs players came from Connemara and the Aran Islands. They were native Irish speakers who would have played for junior clubs. The Galway West Board was not formed then and they had a limited playing schedule. There was little or no under age competition and traveling was sometimes a problem.
Many of these young men emigrated early in their lives, some as young as sixteen years of age to countries like England and America. Every parish in Ireland had emigration but Connemara and the West of Ireland were the greatly effected by it. The Connemara Gaels of Boston were formed in 1961. Their first meeting was held in Doggins Pub on Columbia Road, in South Boston.
Connemara Gaels were North American Champions in 1973 and they have won the Boston senior championship five times.
