A Brief History of Bray Emmets
The first annual general meeting of the Bray Emmets club took place on December 11, 1886 with the club starting games in late 1885 or early 1886. The Emmets started competing in Wicklow and played in the county for the first seven or eight years. At the time of the GAA national crisis in 1891 they seemed to have departed the scene and were replaced by the Bray Independents.
 In 1900, Bray Emmets entered Dublin and began the most successful period in the history of the club.... Bray won the 1901 Dublin Championship final against Kickhams in a game played at Jones Road on May 1, 1903. This entitled Bray Emmets to pick the Dublin team to represent Dublin in the All Ireland Football Championship. With 6 Bray Emmets players on the team, Dublin beat Wicklow, Louth and Wexford to win the Leinster final on May 4, 1904.
The Bray selection beat Armagh in the semi-final and Tipperary in the home final at Kilkenny in July 24, 1904. The All-Ireland title was grasped when London-Irish were beaten in September, 1904.
Picture of the Bray Emmets Minor County Championship team 1938-1940
Some Historic Dates
| 1903 April 26th |
Bray Emmets beat Kickhams 0-11 to 0-6 in the Dublin S.F.C. final at Jones Road. |
| 1904 June 12th |
Bray Emmet's selection beat Wexford 1-5 to 0-5 in a replay of the Leinster S.F.C. Final at Kilkenny.
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| 1904 July 10th |
Bray Emmets beat Erin's Hope 0-5 to 0-2 in the Dublin J.F.C. Final at the Thatch. |
| 1904 July 24th |
Bray Emmet's selection beat London-Irish 2-8 to 0-4 in the All Ireland S.F.C Final at Cork. |
| 1934 Oct 13th |
Bray Emmets beat Ballymanus 3-7 to 0-2 in the Wicklow S.F.C. Final at Aughrim. |
| 1935 Oct 26th |
Bray Emmets beat Donard 2-5 to 0-1 in Wicklow S.F.C. Final at Aughrim. |
| 1950 July 29th |
Bray wins Wicklow J.H.C. Final beating Aughrim 3-6 to 1-7 at Ashford. |
| 1952 Nov 8th |
Wins first Wicklow S.H.C. beating Avondale 4-5 to 2-3 at Arklow. |
ROLL OF HONOUR
| DUBLIN Senior Football Champions |
1901(played in 1903) |
| All Ireland Senior Football Champions |
1902 (representing Dublin and played in 1904) |
SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS |
1934-1935 |
INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS |
1973-1997 |
MINOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS |
1934-1935-1936-1938-1944-1984-1999-2005-2006 |
JUNIOR "B" FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS |
1990-2000 |
JUNIOR "A" FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS |
2005 |
SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONS |
1952 |
JUNIOR "A" HURLING CHAMPIONS |
1949-1963-1990-2004 |
JUNIOR "B" HURLING CHAMPIONS |
1984, 2006 |
MINOR HURLING CHAMPIONS |
2004, 2005 & 2006 |
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