Colmcille Gaelic Football Club is a

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

and ladies' Gaelic football club based in

Aughnacliffe Aughnacliffe, officially Aghnacliff (), is a village in County Longford, Ireland. It is located close to Lough Gowna and the border with County Cavan. The village, and the townland in which it is located, take their name from the Aughnaclif ...

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History

Colmcille GFC is named for

Saint Colmcille Columba or Colmcille; gd, Calum Cille; gv, Colum Keeilley; non, Kolban or at least partly reinterpreted as (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is toda ...

(or Saint Columba) (AD 521–597) who founded Inchmore monastery on nearby

Lough Gowna Lough Gowna () is a fresh water lake which is the uppermost lake on the River Erne. It is located on the border between County Longford and County Cavan, with the largest part of the lake being in County Longford. Lough Gowna is a moraine-damme ...

. The club won the very first

Longford Senior Football Championship The Longford Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Longford GAA among the Senior grade Gaelic football clubs in County Longford, Ireland. The winning club qualifies to represent its coun ...

in 1890. They have won six more county senior titles since then, the latest in 2022. Colmcille was one of the first five

ladies' Gaelic football Ladies' Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach na mBan) is a women's team sport. It is the women's equivalent of Gaelic football. Ladies' football is organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Two teams of 15 players kick or hand-pass a ...

teams in Longford, first playing in 1980. They play at Fr. Phil McGee Park in Aghacordrinan, south of

Honours

Gaelic football

(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

* Eugene McGee

References

Gaelic football clubs in County Longford {{Leinster-GAA-club-stub