Colmcille GFC
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| Founded: | 1890 | ||||||||
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| County: | Longford | ||||||||
| Colours: | Green and Red | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Fr. McGee Park | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°49′29″N 7°36′52″W / 53.824812068039144°N 7.614558606249489°W | ||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Gaelic football
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Weekend GAA club final previews: Six Leinster football deciders down for decision". The Irish Times.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Longford Club Titles - ACFL". Longford Gaelic Stats. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ reporter, Longford Leader (3 May 2024). "Longford's Republican leader Seán Lynch (1933 – 2024)". www.longfordleader.ie. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Longford GAA Hall of Fame". Longford Gaelic Stats. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Club GAA - Player of the Year". Longford Gaelic Stats. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
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