The New York Gaelic Athletic Association Hurling season kicks off this Sunday, June 1st, as our fourth-year Hoboken Guards Hurling Club squares off with newly-created Waterford Hurling in a Junior Division showdown. Throw-in (Irish for “Game Time”) is 2:30 PM.
Sign up on the official Facebook game page for a chance to win a team autographed Hoboken Hurling sliotar (ball)!
SUNDAY 6/1: BIG SLATE OF GAMES @ GAELIC PARK:
* 11:30 AM | Ladies Football | Cavan vs Na Fianna
* 1 PM | Ladies Football | Fermanagh vs Kerry/Donegal
* 2:30 PM | JR. HURLING | WATERFORD V. HOBOKEN
* 4 PM | Senior Football | Donegal v. Kerry
* 5:30 PM | Senior Football | Cavan v. Leitrim
HURLING MATCH DETAILS:
*Two, thirty-minute halves
*10 minute halftime
*Full Irish-sized (140 yard) turf field.
GATE DETAILS:
* Adults: $10 pp | Seniors: $5 pp | Kids 18 & Under: FREE
DIRECTIONS TO GAELIC PARK:
http://www.gojaspers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=640204
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The City of Hoboken invites all residents and visitors to the 3rd Annual Irish Cultural Festival on Saturday, June 7th from noon to 6pm at Sinatra Park, located on the Hoboken waterfront near 4th Street. The event is free and features Irish music, food, beer, vendors, dance, sports, and other activities for all ages.
Hoboken Hurler & Hoboken Resident Paul Loughnan Instructs Children During the 2012 Hoboken Irish Fest
Participants interested in competing in the Irish soda bread competition should contact Geri Fallo at [email protected] or 201-420-2207.
McClean Avenue Band Headlines Music Offerings of 3rd Annual Hoboken Irish Fest 6/7 on Hudson River Waterfront
The festival will feature musical performances by McLean Avenue Band and local favorites Gold n Brown, with dance performances by the Garden Street Irish Step Dancers of Hoboken, Emerald Fire and the Kerri Smith Academy of Irish Dance of Jersey City.
At noon, the City will celebrate the completion of the reconstruction of Sinatra Field with a friendly “Irish” vs. “Italian” soccer match, and the Hoboken Guards Hurling Club will put Ireland’s 3000-year-old pastime—the world’s fastest, most skilled field sport—on display during an inter-squad exhibition match for area residents to enjoy.
Hoboken Guards Will Offer Hoboken Irish Fest Attendees An Inter-Squad Match to Remember on Newly Renovated Riverfront Sinatra Soccer Field
Hurling was played on St. Patrick’s Day in 1858 on the same baseball-born Elysian Fields in Hoboken by immigrant survivors of the famine from County Kerry, Ireland, who lived in New York City’s Five Points region.
Hoboken Guards will also lead a fun, hands-on youth and first-time hurler clinic for attendees — males and females of all ages and cultures. Following the beginner’s clinic, officially licensed O’Neill’s club gear will be among the top prizes for the on-field “Longest Strike” and “Fastest Lad/Lady Across the Field” competitions at the newly renovated Sinatra Field on the Hudson River.
Check back with hobokenhurling.com and the City of Hoboken’s Irish Festival Facebook Event Page for an hourly breakdown of match times, youth/first-time hurler clinic & attendee competitions.
The event will also feature sheep shearing demonstrations, fiber spinning, and vendors with Irish clothing and crafts. For children, the event will include face painting, craft activities, pony rides, a petting zoo, trackless train, horse drawn carriage, moonwalk, sand art, balloon artist, and obstacle course.
“June 7th on the majestic Hoboken Waterfront is the perfect opportunity for non Irish born local area residents to get an up-close look at this great sport, bringing Irish culture to the vibrant, young professional community of the Mile Square City,” said Hoboken Guards Chairman & Co-Founder David Cosgrove. “With our long-awaited and greatly appreciated training field space granted through the City of Hoboken, the Guards thank Health and Human Services Director of Hoboken Leo Pellegrini and Mayor Dawn Zimmer for their continued support of our club as we enter our fourth year of competition in the New York GAA Hurling Championship.”
Hoboken Guards Events Committee members James Egan, Jim Herron, Stephen Bourke and John Martyn ask all of the Irish American professional/business, social and cultural organizations in the New York and New Jersey area to “please let your members know of the June 7th Hoboken Irish Fest – via social media, email list serve and word of mouth,” in a press statement from the committee. “In order for the event to continue on its successful attendance of the previous years, we hope you will consider joining us in New Jersey’s home of hurling as we grow the sport on the bank of the Hudson River to residents of all cultural backgrounds.”
Representatives from the tri-state area’s newest Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) clubs, Jersey Shore GAA and Kean Hurling Club, will be present and offer information tables as part of a New Jersey Gaelic Athletic Association developing alliance with assistance from Hoboken Guards leadership.
A supporter of the Hoboken Guards since its first legally questionable training session on Pier A Park, Steve Lenox, Co-President ofIrish Network USA spoke of Hoboken’s long and storied history “as a destination for generations of Irish to call home,” stated Lenox. “As Irish Network USA, through our NJ chapter, continues to seek ways to further strengthen bonds between the US and Ireland, Irish and Irish American communities like the one that still exists in Hoboken play a key role,” he added. “We are excited to be part of this Festival and look forward to celebrating our shared love for Ireland in this way.”
Traditional Irish step-dancing, performed here by Trinity Academy of Irish Dance, will take place again at 3rd Annual Hoboken Irish Fest
Hoboken resident Joey Sobolov (photo) took his first swing at hurling at the 1st Annual Hoboken Irish Cultural Festival's youth clinic in 2012. Now age 12, if he's up for it, Joey has the opportunity to be entered in the 3th Annual Hoboken Irish Cultural Fest's "Longest Youth Strike" or "Fastest Across the Field" Attendee Competitions
The newly renovated Sinatra Park Field is home the Hoboken Guards and will host the 12pm-6pm Gaelic games festivities at the 3rd Annual Hoboken Irish Festival on June 7th
