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Colmcille GFC

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

History

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

Colmcille was one of the first five ladies' Gaelic football teams in Longford, first playing in 1980.

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

Honours

Gaelic football

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

Notable people