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| Founded: | 1890 | ||||||||
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| County: | Longford | ||||||||
| Colours: | Green and Red | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Fr. Phil McGee Park | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°49′29″N7°36′52″W / 53.824812068039144°N 7.614558606249489°W | ||||||||
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Colmcille Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club based in Aughnacliffe, County Longford, Ireland. [1]
Colmcille GFC is named for Saint Colmcille (or Saint Columba) (AD 521–597) who founded Inchmore monastery on nearby Lough Gowna. [2] The club won the very first Longford Senior Football Championship in 1890 as Columbkille St. Columbkilles. [3] They have won six more county senior titles since then, the latest in 2022. [4] [5]
Colmcille was one of the first five ladies' Gaelic football teams in Longford, first playing in 1980. [6] [7] [8]
They play at Fr. Phil McGee Park in Aghacordrinan, south of Aughnacliffe. [9]
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