Colmcille GFC

Colmcille Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club based in Aughnacliffe, County Longford, Ireland.[1]

Colmcille
CLG Colmcille
Founded:1890
County:Longford
Colours:Green and Red
Grounds:Fr. Phil McGee Park
Coordinates:53°49′29″N 7°36′52″W
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster
champions		 Longford
champions
Football: - - 7

History

Colmcille GFC is named for Saint Colmcille (or Saint Columba) (AD 521–597) who founded Inchmore monastery on nearby Lough Gowna.[2] The club won the very first Longford Senior Football Championship in 1890 as Columbkille St. Columbkilles.[3] They have won six more county senior titles since then, the latest in 2022.[4][5]

Colmcille was one of the first five ladies' Gaelic football teams in Longford, first playing in 1980.[6][7][8]

They play at Fr. Phil McGee Park in Aghacordrinan, south of Aughnacliffe.[9]

Honours

Gaelic football
  • Longford Senior Football Championship (7): 1890, 1938, 1949, 1952, 1958, 2008, 2022[10]
  • Longford Senior Football League (Leader Cup) (3): 1954, 1957, 1990[11]
  • Longford Senior ACFL Division 1 (3): 1990, 2020, 2022[12]
  • Longford Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1986[13]
  • Longford Junior Football Championship (4): 1937, 1979, 1998, 2020[14]
  • Longford U-21 Football Championship (4): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2015[15]
  • Longford Minor Football Championship (3): 1953, 1962, 1963[16]
  • Longford Juvenile Football Championship (3): 1955, 1960, 1997[17]
  • Longford Ladies Intermediate Football Championship (2): 2011, 2021[18]
  • Longford Ladies Junior Football Championship (2): 2010, 2019[19]
  • Longford Ladies Juvenile Football Championship (2): 1999, 2000[20]
  • Longford Ladies U-14 Football Championship (2): 1998, 1999[21]

Notable people

References
  1. "Weekend GAA club final previews: Six Leinster football deciders down for decision". The Irish Times.
  2. "Aughnacliffe". www.longford.ie.
  3. "Colmcille GFC Profile - Total GAA - GAA Club Rankings". www.clubinfo.ie.
  4. "Longford SFC Final: Colmcille defeat Mullinalaghta". www.gaa.ie.
  5. "Our GAA History". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  6. "Longford".
  7. Allen, Caroline (2 June 2018). "Longford farmers and fairies 'hit the road' on toy tractors".
  8. "Longford's LGFA Story". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  9. "Rural broadband: Full list of high-speed internet hubs". The Irish Times.
  10. Reporter, Leader. "Reeling back the years: Colmcille beat Mullinalaghta in the Longford SFC final replay 70 years ago". www.longfordleader.ie.
  11. "Leader Cup". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  12. "ACFL 1". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  13. "Roll of Honour – Intermediate Football – Longford GAA".
  14. "Club JFC". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  15. "Roll of Honour – U20 Football – Longford GAA".
  16. "HoganStand GAA Football and Hurling". hoganstand.com.
  17. "Club Juvenile". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  18. "Ladies Club IFC". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  19. "Ladies Club JFC". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  20. "Ladies Club U16". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  21. "Ladies Club U14". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  22. Walsh, Alan. "Longford pays poignant tribute to legendary GAA manager and journalist Eugene McGee". www.longfordleader.ie.
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