Colmcille GFC
Colmcille GFC is a Gaelic Football and Ladies Gaelic Football club based in Aughnacliffe, County Longford, Ireland. Colmcille most recently won the Longford [Senior Football Championship] in 2022 defeating Mullinalaghta [St Columba's GAA|Mullinalaghta] by a scoreline of 1-07 to 0-08.
History
Colmcille GFC is named for Saint Colmcille who founded Inchmore monastery on an island nearby on 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 Longford's first five Ladies Gaelic football teams, first playing in 1980.
They play home matches at Fr. McGee Park in Aghacordrinan, south of Aughnacliffe.
Honours
Gaelic football
- Longford Senior Football Championship : 1890, 1938, 1949, 1952, 1958, 2008, 2022
- Longford Senior Football League : 1954, 1957, 1990
- Longford Senior ACFL Division 1 : 1990, 2020, 2022
- Longford Senior ACFL Division 2 : 2024
- Longford Intermediate Football Championship : 1986
- Longford Junior Football Championship : 1937, 1979, 1998, 2020
- Longford U-21 Football Championship : 2001, 2002, 2003, 2015
- Longford Minor Football Championship : 1953, 1962, 1963
- Longford Juvenile Football Championship : 1955, 1960, 1997
- Longford Ladies Intermediate Football Championship : 2011, 2021
- Longford Ladies Junior Football Championship : 2010, 2019
- Longford Ladies Juvenile Football Championship : 1999, 2000
- Longford Ladies U-14 Football Championship : 1998, 1999
Notable people
- Eugene McGee
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