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Bray Emmets Gaelic Athletic Association is a
hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...
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camogie Camogie ( ; ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game "hurling" (which is played by men only), it is organised ...
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Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...
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History

The first club AGM took place on 11 December 1886. The first recorded Bray Emmets team played Dalkey in a field at the Vevay in 1885. The club took its name from
Robert Emmet Robert Emmet (4 March 177820 September 1803) was an Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader. Following the suppression of the United Irish uprising in 1798, he sought to organise a renewed attempt to overthrow the British Crown and Prote ...
(1778–1803), an Irish rebel leader. The club host the annual All-Ireland Kick Fada Championship, first held in 2000.


Honours


Hurling

* Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1) 2022 *
Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship The Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Lightning Protection Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Wicklow SHC) is an annual club hurling competition organised by the Wicklow County Bo ...
(10) 1952, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022,
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* Wicklow Intermediate Hurling Championship (3) 2006, 2015, 2022 * Wicklow Junior Hurling Championship (3) 2004, 2014, 2020 (Played 11/06/2021 due to covid restrictions)


Football

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Wicklow Senior Football Championship The Wicklow Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Wicklow GAA between the top Gaelic football clubs in County Wicklow, Ireland. The winner of the Wicklow Championship qualifies to repres ...
(3) 1934, 1935 *
Dublin Senior Football Championship The Dublin Senior Football Championship (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the '' Go-Ahead'' Dublin Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Dublin GAA clubs. The winners of t ...
(1) 1901 * Wicklow Intermediate Football Championship (2) 1973, 1997 * Wicklow Junior A Football Championship (1) 2005 * Wicklow Junior B Football Championship (1) 2022


Camogie

* Wicklow Intermediate Camogie Championship (2) 2017, 2019 * Wicklow Junior Camogie Championship (1) 2016


Ladies Football

* Wicklow Ladies Football Senior B Championship (1) 2017


Notable players

* John Henderson *
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References


External links


Official site
Sport in Bray, County Wicklow Gaelic games clubs in County Wicklow Gaelic football clubs in County Wicklow 1885 establishments in Ireland {{Leinster-GAA-club-stub