The birth of Dromintee 'Gap of the North' GFC in 1887, was set against the background of various geographical and historical factors which may have dictated that Dromintee would have the honour of being the first Club in County Armagh affiliated to the GAA.

This team Dromintee played in various tournaments into the late 1890's under the mantles 'Gap of the North' 'Dromintee Club' and 'Young Bloods' - until a combination of religious, political and emigration pressures led to the tempoary demise of GAA in the area.

The first reports of a GAA revival in the area appeared in the local press in the winter of 1906 when a team called Jonesboro Gaels made an appearance against Newry Mitchels. Informal footballing and hurling games were played in the area up to further turmoil during the events before and after the 1916 Easter Rising.

The Jonesboro Border Rangers were the club which made the important breakthrough in reviving the GAA in Dromintee and Jonesboro during the 1920's - the crowning glory of this team being their victorious run in the 1934 Armagh Junior Football Championship - the first County Championship title to come to the parish. During this period a number of players came from the townland of Corrinshigo to fill the rank of The Border Rangers, as emigration was taking its toll on both areas.

In 1938 local Carrickasticken born man, Padraig MacNamee (1896-1975) was elected President of the GAA and stayed in that position until 1943. He was a reknowned promoter of our native language, games and culture.

After the success of The Border Rangers in 1934, GAA in the area ceased to have a functioning club. Former players of The Border Rangers continued to play with neighbouring clubs until another locally organised club appeared. The next reported football team in the parish was the Faughil Emmets in October 1940 followed by the re-appearance of Jonesboro Border Rangers in 1941 to 1946.

After a gap of several years when there appeared to be little if any GAA activity in the parish, reports of a reformed club appeared in 1952, when the Frontier Sentinel announced the formation of Dromintee St. Patricks GFC. This club remains to the present, and is the most enduring and most successful club in Dromintee GAA history. Although early clubs were centred on Jonesboro, and had Jonesboro in their title, the new club took the name Dromintee - as having the parish name allowed the new team to select players from a wider area, even into North Louth.

The new team, named St. Patricks, owed much to the clergy in the parish - as parish influence and facilities were used to raise much needed funds and support. The team started off playing in a blue jersey with a gold bar, this then changed to a white jersey. The club played in various pitches in Jonesboro, Dernaroy and Finnegans Road up until its present day fields in Adavoyle, Jonesboro.

Dromintee won the South Armagh league at their first attempt in 1952, and a Jonesboro team continued to compete at underage, ensuring a steady feed of new played into the young Dromintee club. The 1960's saw Dromintee begin playing in their now accustomary blue and white - Dromintee St. Patricks won their first Junior Championship in 1966.