Colm McAlarney born 1948 in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, is a former Irish sportsperson.

He played Gaelic football with his local clubs Liatroim Fontenoys and Castlewellan and was a member of the Down senior inter-county team from the 1960s until the 1980s. McAlarney is the only player to have won Railway Cup winners' medals in each of three decades.^[1] Colm was center back on the Down minor team that lost the All-Ireland Minor Final in 1966. He played midfield for the All-Ireland winning Down senior team of 1968, who defeated Kerry in the final. He was awarded man of the match for his performance in the 1968 All-Ireland final.