Colmcille GFC

Longford based GAA Club

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Colmcille GFC (Gaelic Football Club) is a Gaelic Football and Ladies Gaelic Football club based in Aughnacliffe, County Longford, Ireland.[1] Colmcille most recently won the Longford Senior Football Championship in 2022 defeating Mullinalaghta by a scoreline of 1-07 to 0-08.[2]

History

Colmcille GFC is named for Saint Colmcille (or Saint Columba) (AD 521–597) who founded Inchmore monastery on an island nearby on Lough Gowna.[3] The club won the very first Longford Senior Football Championship in 1890 as Columbkille St. Columbkilles.[4] They have won six more county senior titles since then, the latest in 2022.[5][6]

Colmcille was one of Longford's first five Ladies Gaelic football teams, first playing in 1980.[7][8][9]

They play home matches at Fr. McGee Park in Aghacordrinan, south of Aughnacliffe.[10]

Honours

Gaelic football

  • Longford Senior Football Championship (7): 1890, 1938, 1949, 1952, 1958, 2008, 2022[11]
  • Longford Senior Football League (Leader Cup) (3): 1954, 1957, 1990[12]
  • Longford Senior ACFL Division 1 (3): 1990, 2020, 2022[13]
  • Longford Senior ACFL Division 2 (1): 2024[14]
  • Longford Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1986[15]
  • Longford Junior Football Championship (4): 1937, 1979, 1998, 2020[16]
  • Longford U-21 Football Championship (4): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2015[17]
  • Longford Minor Football Championship (3): 1953, 1962, 1963[18]
  • Longford Juvenile Football Championship (3): 1955, 1960, 1997[19]
  • Longford Ladies Intermediate Football Championship (2): 2011, 2021[20]
  • Longford Ladies Junior Football Championship (2): 2010, 2019[21]
  • Longford Ladies Juvenile Football Championship (2): 1999, 2000[22]
  • Longford Ladies U-14 Football Championship (2): 1998, 1999[23]

Notable people

  • Eugene McGee[24]
  • Sean Lynch[25]
  • Pearse Daly[26]
  • Declan C Reilly[27]

References

  1. ^ "Weekend GAA club final previews: Six Leinster football deciders down for decision". The Irish Times.
  2. ^ O'Brien, Padraic (9 October 2022). "Longford SFC Final: Colmcille capture the Connolly Cup for the first time in 14 years thanks to last gasp penalty goal". www.ireland-live.ie. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Aughnacliffe". www.longford.ie.
  4. ^ "Colmcille GFC Profile - Total GAA - GAA Club Rankings". www.clubinfo.ie.
  5. ^ "Longford SFC Final: Colmcille defeat Mullinalaghta". www.gaa.ie.
  6. ^ "Our GAA History". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  7. ^ "Longford".
  8. ^ Allen, Caroline (2 June 2018). "Longford farmers and fairies 'hit the road' on toy tractors".
  9. ^ "Longford's LGFA Story". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  10. ^ "Rural broadband: Full list of high-speed internet hubs". The Irish Times.
  11. ^ Reporter, Leader. "Reeling back the years: Colmcille beat Mullinalaghta in the Longford SFC final replay 70 years ago". www.longfordleader.ie.
  12. ^ "Leader Cup". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  13. ^ "ACFL 1". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  14. ^ "Longford Club Titles - ACFL". Longford Gaelic Stats. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Roll of Honour – Intermediate Football – Longford GAA".
  16. ^ "Club JFC". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  17. ^ "Roll of Honour – U20 Football – Longford GAA".
  18. ^ "HoganStand GAA Football and Hurling". hoganstand.com.
  19. ^ "Club Juvenile". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  20. ^ "Ladies Club IFC". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  21. ^ "Ladies Club JFC". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  22. ^ "Ladies Club U16". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  23. ^ "Ladies Club U14". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  24. ^ Walsh, Alan. "Longford pays poignant tribute to legendary GAA manager and journalist Eugene McGee". www.longfordleader.ie.
  25. ^ reporter, Longford Leader (3 May 2024). "Longford's Republican leader Seán Lynch (1933 – 2024)". www.longfordleader.ie. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  26. ^ "Longford GAA Hall of Fame". Longford Gaelic Stats. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  27. ^ "Club GAA - Player of the Year". Longford Gaelic Stats. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
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