Boston Senior Football Championship

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The Boston Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition, played in the Boston region of America. The competition is organised by the Northeast Division Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The games are played at the Irish Cultural Center, in Canton, Massachusetts. "Boston GAA". Irish Culture Center. 9 November 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2023. The final is usually held the weekend prior to Labor Day. The winners and the runners-up will represent Boston in the North American Senior Football Championship.

Roll of honour

YearWinnerOpponent
2023 Donegal 1-18Connemara Gaels 1-17
2022Aidan McAnespies 2-12 Donegal 0-10
2021 Donegal Connemara Gaels
2020
2019 Donegal 2-15Aidan McAnespies 3-09
2018 Donegal 0-17Wolfe Tones 1-12
2017Shannon Blues 1-15Aidan McAnespies 0-11
2016Wolfe Tones 3-16Galway 2-11
2015 Donegal 1-10Wolfe Tones 1-09
2014Shannon Blues 1-13Wolfe Tones 0-12
2013Connemara Gaels 2-09Aidan McAnespies 0-10
2012Shannon Blues 4-13 Donegal 1-17
2011Aidan McAnespies 2-15Connemara Gaels 1-12
2010 Donegal 2-10Aidan McAnespies 0-08
2009Christophers 0-14Shannon Blues 0-08
2008Aiden McAnespies 4-06Donegal 1-07
2007Aiden McAnespiesArmagh/Notre Dame
2006Aiden McAnespiesConnemara Gaels
2005Aiden McAnespiesArmagh/Notre Dame
2004 Donegal Aiden McAnespies
2003Cork Donegal
2002 Donegal Aiden McAnespies
2001Connemara GaelsAiden McAnespies
2000CorkAiden McAnespies
1999 Kerry *Shannon Blues
1998Aiden McAnespies Kerry
1997Connemara GaelsAiden McAnespies
1996 Kerry 0-16Shannon Blues 1-08
1995MayoCork
1994Notre dameConnemara Gaels
1993 Kerry Notre Dame
1992Cork
1991St. Colmcille's Kerry
1990Shannon Blues
1989Galway
1988Cork
1987Shannon Blues
1986St. Colmcille's
1985Shannon Blues
1984St. Pat'sGalway
1983Galway
1982Galway
1981St. Pat's
1980St. Pat's
1979Galway
1978St. Pat's
1977Tyrone (Philadelphia)
1976St. Pat's
1975Galway
1974 Kerry*Team won by objection
1973Connemara Gaels
1972Connemara Gaels
1971
1970Galway
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963 Kerry
1962Cork
1961Galway
1960 Kerry
1959Cork
1928 Kerry

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