The first organized hurling and Gaelic football club in New York was founded in 1857. In the following 30 years, the New York, Emmet, Wolfe Tone, Brooklyn, Geraldine and Men of Ireland clubs were set up. The Gaelic Athletic Association's successful North American tour had a notable effect on the growth of hurling in New York and North America in general by the end of the 19th century. At this time, the Keane Gaelic Hurling Trophy began to be awarded to the club which won the New York senior championship. New York's inter-county team have had a number of notable hurling achievements, particularly the 1958 win over Wexford. In 1969, New York defeated Kilkenny over two legs in what was described as a "world championship cup". 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 traveling, 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 did not play in the 2007 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship.
The New York GAA has a long history in Gaelic games starting at a time of the mass immigration to New York from Ireland. The first organized hurling and football club in New York was founded in 1857. Since then Gaelic football in New York has grown. 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 number of clubs dwindled down to 31. In the past two years the NY GAA has brought in two new teams, one from Albany and another from Philadelphia. But with the Meath team dropping out of the league competition due to too few players and other teams combining together, participation has declined. However, the renovation of Gaelic Park and increased participation by underage teams are measures that have been taken to increase participation again without having to rely on players imported from Ireland.
Connacht participation
New York first competed in the Connacht Senior Football Championship in 1999. 1999: Mayo 3-13 New York 0-10, MacHale Park 2000:Galway 1-15 New York 1-5, Tuam Stadium 2001:Roscommon 3-13 New York 1-9, Dr Hyde Park 2002: New York 1-11 Sligo 1-19, Gaelic Park, NY 2003: New York 0-12 Leitrim 0-14 AET, Gaelic Park, NY 2004: New York 1-8 Mayo 3-28, Gaelic Park, NY 2005: New York 0-6 Galway 3-14, Gaelic Park, NY 2006: New York 0-9 Roscommon 1-14, Gaelic Park, NY 2007: New York 1-3 Sligo 2-18, Gaelic Park, NY 2008: New York 0-6 Leitrim 0-18, Gaelic Park, NY 2009: New York 1-7 Mayo 1-18, Gaelic Park, NY 2010: New York 0-12 Galway 2-13, Gaelic Park, NY 2010 brought the visit of Galway to Gaelic Park and despite suffering the loss of two players to sendings off early in the second half, New York gave The Tribesmen a scare, though eventually capitulating by 2-13 to 0-12. 2011: New York 1-11 Roscommon 3-21, Gaelic Park, NY New York took on 2010 Connacht Champions Roscommon at Gaelic Park on 1 May 2011. They lost on a scoreline of Roscommon 3-21 New York 1-11 2012: New York 0-6 Sligo 3-21, Gaelic Park, NY 2013: New York 0-7 Leitrim 4-19, Gaelic Park, NY 2014: New York 0-8 Mayo 4-18, Gaelic Park, NY 2015: New York 0-8 Galway 2-18, Gaelic Park, NY 2016: New York 0-17 Roscommon 1-15, Gaelic Park, NY A late burst in 2016 took New York to within one point of opponents Roscommon, who had contested the NationalFootball League Division 1 semi-finals only one month earlier. 2017: New York 1-13 Sligo 1-21, Gaelic Park, NY. 2018: New York 1-15 Leitrim 0-19, Gaelic Park, NY. 2019: New York 0-4 Mayo 1-22, Gaelic Park, NY. New York remain winless in the Connacht Senior Football Championship, having lost four times each to Galway, Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon and Leitrim. In 2020 Galway will play then in the Connacht championship draws not expected to be made until mid-late October 2019. In addition, in 2010, New York took part in the Connacht Minor Football Championshipfor the first time. They played Galway in their first game but suffered a heavy defeat. The next year New York Minor football returned to Ireland to play in the Connacht Championship once again. History repeated itself with another heavy loss to Roscommon.
, the women's version of hurling, is also played by several clubs in New York. The 2010 Camogie champion is Na Fianna who retained their title by defeating Cavan 0-17 to 1-10.
