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Bray Emmets Gaelic Athletic Association is a
hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...
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camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) 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 of hurling (which is played by men onl ...
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Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
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ladies' Gaelic football Ladies' Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach na mBan) is a women's team sport. It is the women's equivalent of Gaelic football. Ladies' football is organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Two teams of 15 players kick or hand-pass a ...
club in Bray,
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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 Protes ...
(1778–1803), an Irish rebel leader. The club host the annual All-Ireland Kick Fada Championship, first held in 2000.


Honours


Hurling

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Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship ''For the senior hurling equivalent see: Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship'' The Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling tournament played between the county champions on intermediate level within the provinc ...
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Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship The Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised since 1903 by Wicklow GAA among the top hurling clubs in County Wicklow, Ireland. The winner qualifies to represent the county in the Leinst ...
(8) 1952, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 * 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 Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an i ...
(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 the ...
(1) 1901 * Wicklow Intermediate Football Championship (2) 1973, 1997


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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Dara Ó Briain Dara Ó Briain ( , ; born 4 February 1972) is an Irish comedian and television presenter based in the United Kingdom. He is noted for performing stand-up comedy shows all over the world and for hosting topical panel shows such as ''Mock the We ...
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Christy Moorehouse Christy Moorehouse (born 1988) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Bray Emmets and is a former member of the Wicklow senior hurling team. Career Moorehouse first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Bray Emme ...


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