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.

[citation needed] 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,[1] and, promoted to the Intermediate, lost the 1965 final to Clan na Gael.

[citation needed] The Ladies senior team were awarded Club of the year in Armagh in 2008 and in 2010 were asked to participate in the 2010 Comórtas Peile Páidi Ó Sé tournament in the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry from 26–28 February.

The project succeeded and the club's home ground is now the Rory McGee Park in Dorsey village, close to the church and community centre.