Colmcille GFC explained

Club Gaa:	Colmcille
Crest:	Colmcille GFC crest.png
Irish:	CLG Colmcille
Founded:	1890
Province:	Leinster
County:	Longford
Colours:	Green and Red
Grounds:	Fr. Phil McGee Park
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Rightarm:	008000
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Socks:	008000
Pattern So:	_2 white stripes
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F3:	7

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

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

• Eugene McGee^[22]

Notes and References

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