Colmcille Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club based in Aughnacliffe, County Longford, Ireland.[1]
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Founded: | 1890 | ||||||||
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County: | Longford | ||||||||
Colours: | Green and Red | ||||||||
Grounds: | Fr. Phil McGee Park | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 53°49′29″N 7°36′52″W / 53.824812068039144°N 7.614558606249489°W | ||||||||
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History
editColmcille 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
editGaelic football
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Weekend GAA club final previews: Six Leinster football deciders down for decision". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Aughnacliffe". www.longford.ie.
- ^ "Colmcille GFC Profile - Total GAA - GAA Club Rankings". www.clubinfo.ie.
- ^ "Longford SFC Final: Colmcille defeat Mullinalaghta". www.gaa.ie.
- ^ "Our GAA History". Longford Gaelic Stats.
- ^ "Longford".
- ^ Allen, Caroline (2 June 2018). "Longford farmers and fairies 'hit the road' on toy tractors".
- ^ "Longford's LGFA Story". Longford Gaelic Stats.
- ^ "Rural broadband: Full list of high-speed internet hubs". The Irish Times.
- ^ Reporter, Leader. "Reeling back the years: Colmcille beat Mullinalaghta in the Longford SFC final replay 70 years ago". www.longfordleader.ie.
- ^ "Leader Cup". Longford Gaelic Stats.
- ^ "ACFL 1". Longford Gaelic Stats.
- ^ "Roll of Honour – Intermediate Football – Longford GAA".
- ^ "Club JFC". Longford Gaelic Stats.
- ^ "Roll of Honour – U20 Football – Longford GAA".
- ^ "HoganStand GAA Football and Hurling". hoganstand.com.
- ^ "Club Juvenile". Longford Gaelic Stats.
- ^ "Ladies Club IFC". Longford Gaelic Stats.
- ^ "Ladies Club JFC". Longford Gaelic Stats.
- ^ "Ladies Club U16". Longford Gaelic Stats.
- ^ "Ladies Club U14". Longford Gaelic Stats.
- ^ Walsh, Alan. "Longford pays poignant tribute to legendary GAA manager and journalist Eugene McGee". www.longfordleader.ie.