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Dorsey Emmet's Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the hamlet of Dorsey and the surrounding area of Lower Creggan parish, in the rural south of County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Affiliated to Armagh GAA, it fields football teams at Under-8, U-10 and senior level, and is also involved in Ladies' Gaelic football. The senior men's team plays in the Armagh Junior Football Championship and (from 2013) in the Intermediate League. Dorsey's U-14 players are amalgamated with Newtownhamilton and play as Newtown Emmet's. The U-16s are joined with Belleeks and Newtownhamilton and play as Cavanakill Emmet's. ==History== On 17 March 1917, the first recorded game of the Dorsey Emmet's took place in Caffrey's Meadow near Dorsey School, against Lislea. Their colours, green and gold, were a popular choice because of their patriotic associations. The War of Independence in 1919-21 saw a decline in interest in Gaelic football in the Dorsey area. In 1948 the Emmet's were reformed and affiliated, adopting the green and gold of the old team. Their first game was a challenge against neighbouring club Cullyhanna Kevin Barry's on Easter Sunday which ended in a draw, 3-02 to 2-05. In the face of economic depression and mass emigration the Emmet's managed to keep the club alive until 1956, when they were obliged to amalgamate with Cullyhanna. The combined Dorsey and Cullyhanna team, called Tom Williams GFC, were winners of the Silverbridge Cup in 1962. A Dorsey team, probably the amalgamation, won the 1964 Armagh Junior Football Championship,〔Armagh GAA, ''Clár Oifigiúil, Craobh Peile Sóisearach'' (JFC final programme), 29 September 2012〕 and, promoted to the Intermediate, lost the 1965 final to Clan na Gael.〔Armagh GAA, ''Clár Oifigiúil, Craobh Idirmheánach Peile'' (IFC final programme), 6 October 2012〕 In 1999, Dorsey Emmet's reformed and affiliated for the 2000 season.〔(Armagh GAA ) website〕 In 2003 the U-10 team won the 3rd Division shield against Whitecross in Belleeks. In 2006 the U-14 side also won a shield against Belleeks at the Silverbridge field. In May 2007, the Dorsey senior team took part in their first match to be broadcast live, on Five FM, playing Belleeks. In 2012 Dorsey's Senior Men's team was promoted from the Junior league to the Intermediate league in a landmark achievement for the club. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dorsey Emmet's GFC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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