1998 North American Playoffs

The FINALS of the 1998 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS were held just outside Rockville, MD, near Washington, DC, on Labor Day Weekend, September 4, 5, and 6, 1998. These Championship Finals consisted of Playoffs between the Divisional Champions around the US in the various grades of Hurling, Football and Camogie.

There were a total of 48 Adult Teams participating in the Playoffs from cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Miami, Atlanta, San Diego, Los Angeles, Denver, Seattle, and a Camogie team from New York! In addition, there were 3 U-21 and 5 other underage teams, which made it 56 participating teams total.

The 49 games included 8 Underage games, 3 Camogie, 6 Hurling, 11 Women' s Football and 21 Men's Football games. There were 15 games on Friday, 21 games on Saturday and 13 games on Sunday.

SENIOR HURLING
SEMI-FINALS: Boston Tipperary 4-22 vs. San Francisco Na Fianna 3-10
SEMI-FINALS: Chicago Harry Bolands 2-15 vs. Boston Cork 4-7
FINAL: Chicago Harry Bolands 2-15 vs. Boston Tipperary 2-10

JUNIOR HURLING
SEMI-FINALS: San Jose St. Josephs 2-17 vs. Philadelphia Brian Boru 1-7
SEMI-FINALS: Boston Cork 2-17 vs. Los Angeles St. Pats 4-10
FINAL: San Jose St. Josephs 2-13 vs. Boston Cork 3-8

MEN'S SENIOR FOOTBALL
SEMI-FINALS: Boston McAnespies 0-13 vs. Chicago St. Brendans 0-10
SEMI-FINALS: Philadelphia Kevin Barrys 0-14 vs. Boston Kerry 2-9
FINAL: Boston McAnespies 1-16 vs. Boston Kerry 1-10

MEN'S INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL
SEMI-FINALS: Boston St. Pats 0-16 vs. Philadelphia Young Irelands 0-8
SEMI-FINALS: San Fran. Sean McDermotts 1-9 vs. Boston Notre Dame 2-l2
FINAL: Boston Notre Dame 1-13 vs. Boston St. Pats 1-9

MEN'S JUNIOR "A" FOOTBALL
1/4-FINALS: Florida St. Pats 2-13 vs. Philadelphia Kevin Barry 1-8
1/4-FINALS: San Diego Clan Na Gael 3-11 vs. Detroit Wolfe Tones 1-7
1/4-FINALS: Boston Shannon Blues 1-9 vs. Chicago Sean McBrides 1-6
1/4-FINALS: Philadelphia Donegal 2-10 vs. San Francisco Naomh Padraig 3-5
SEMI-FINALS: Philadelphia Donegal 1-8 vs. San Diego Clan Na Gael 1-5
SEMI-FINALS: Florida St. Pats 0-11 vs. Boston Shannon Blues 1-6
FINAL: Florida St. Pats 5-8 vs. Philadelphia Donegal 1-2

MEN'S JUNIOR "B" FOOTBALL
1/4-FINALS: Atlanta Clan na Gael 3-10 vs. Seattle Gaels 1-6
1/4-FINALS: Cleveland St. Jarlaths 7-11 vs. Florida St. Pats 2-3
SEMI-FINALS: Cleveland St. Jarlaths 4-9 vs. Atlanta Clan Na Gael 1-8
SEMI-FINALS: Washington DC Gaels 3-9 vs. Denver Gaels 1-4
FINAL: Washington DC Gaels 0-10 vs. Cleveland St. Jarlaths 1-5

LADIES SENIOR FOOTBALL
SEMI-FINALS: Boston Shamrocks 1-9 vs. San Francisco Fog City Harps 1-5
SEMI-FINALS: Chicago Erin Rovers 3-16 vs. Philadelphia Emerald Eagles 1-3
FINAL: Chicago Erin Rovers 4-10 vs. Boston Shamrocks 3-5

LADIES JUNIOR FOOTBALL
1/4-FINALS: Florida St. Pats 2-10 vs. San Francisco Fog City Harps 1-5
1/4-FINALS: San Diego Na Fianna 4-6 vs. Atlanta Clan Na Gael 0-4
1/4-FINALS: Washington DC Gaels 2-6 vs. Seattle Gaels 0-5
1/4-FINALS: Boston Shamrocks 6-13 vs. Detroit St. Annes 1-7
SEMI-FINALS: Boston Shamrocks 2-11 vs. San Diego Na Fianna 1-8
SEMI-FINALS: Florida St. Pats 3-5 vs. Washington DC Gaels 1-3
FINAL: Florida St. Pats 5-6 vs. Boston Shamrocks 1-2

CAMOGIE
SEMI-FINALS: N.Y. Young Irelanders 6-9 vs. San Fran. Camogie Club 1-4
SEMI-FINALS: Boston Emeralds 8-11 vs. Chicago Camogie Club 1-4
FINAL: N.Y. Young Irelanders 3-10 vs. Boston Emeralds 8-1