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The Gaelic American was an Irish nationalist newspaper published in the United States from 1903 to 1951 that was, along with the Irish Nation, owned by John Devoy. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was re-launched as an online news publication in 2021.
The club won the league in 1947 and 1948, and were runners up in 1949. There was a close rivalry with the Madden club, and disorder during a match in 1947 led to both teams being briefly suspended. In 1972, the Grange won the County Junior Championship and the 4th Division league title, later being named Armagh Club of the Year.
Hurling and Gaelic football have been played in North America ever since Irish immigrants began landing on North American shores. The earliest games of hurling in North America were played in St. John's, Newfoundland in 1788, [2] and there are records of football being played in Hyde Park (now the site of the Civic Center) in San Francisco as early as the 1850s.
The Hurling Club of Madison is an American amateur sports club based in Madison, Wisconsin, playing and promoting the sport of hurling. Since 2015, the club has also sponsored a Gaelic football team, adding a women's Gaelic football team in 2016. The club is a member of the United States Gaelic Athletic Association, Heartland Division.
The club's objectives were set out January 10, 2003: (a) recruit at least 30 active members (exceeded), enabling a minimum two-team league, (exceeded with a three-team league) (b) increase awareness of the sport and the club in the metropolitan area through aggressive marketing, (achieved) (c) establish a strong national reputation of St. Louis hurling through victories in nationwide ...
The club was founded in 1901 [4] and was for a time among the leading clubs of County Down, winning the Down SHC seven times between 1936 and 1952. [5] They won the Down JHC several times in recent years, including in 2024.
The Wolfe Tones Gaelic Football Club was founded in 1957 and first took the field in the summer of 1958. [1] While not the oldest Gaelic Football club in Chicago, the Wolfe Tones is one of the most successful clubs in North America with 22 senior Chicago titles and 13 North American Championships and competing in 17 NCAB finals.
San Antonio Gaelic Athletic Club (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Naomh Antaine) known as The San Patricios is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in San Antonio, Texas and a member of the North American GAA since 2012. Currently the club has a men's Gaelic Football team, and a ladies' football team. Their club badge features the Alamo, as well ...