College Corinthians A.F.C. is an Irish association football club based in

Douglas, County Cork Douglas () is a suburb, with a village core, in Cork city, Ireland. Douglas is also the name of the townland, Roman Catholic parish, Church of Ireland parish and civil parish in which it is contained. Originally a separate village, the growt ...

. Their senior men's team play in the

Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division The Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division is the top division of the Munster Senior League. It is organized by the Munster Football Association. Together with the Leinster Senior League Senior Division and the Ulster Senior League Senio ...

. They also regularly compete in the FAI Cup, the

FAI Intermediate Cup The FAI Intermediate Cup ( ga, Corn Comortais Peile na hÉireann), also known as the FAI Umbro Intermediate Cup and the Pat O'Brien Intermediate Challenge Cup, is a cup competition organized by the Football Association of Ireland for intermediate ...

and the Munster Senior Cup. Corinthians also fields a

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and an over 35 team in the lower divisions of the Munster Senior League. In addition the club operates a large youth and schoolboy section and enters teams in the Cork Schoolboys League an
schoolgirl teams
in th
Cork Women's and Schoolgirls Soccer League

History

College Corinthians was founded in 1971 by five former University College Cork A.F.C. players who were no longer eligible to play for the club after graduating from the university. Corinthians still maintain very strong links with UCC. It is not uncommon for players to play schoolboy football with Corinthians, then play youth football with UCC before returning to Corinthians to play senior football. Shortly after their founding, the club joined the Munster Senior League. In 1994 the club started its schoolboy section. Corinthians enjoyed one of their most successful seasons in 1994–95. The senior men's team won their first

title and also reached the

final. In addition their senior women's team reached the

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final for the second time. In 1997–98, the senior men's team repeated the feat, winning their third Munster league title and reaching the FAI Intermediate Cup final for a second time.

Home grounds

Corinthians initially played their home games at

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's The Farm. However, in 1990 the club set up its home base in Castletreasure, Donnybrook.

Notable former players

;

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international :* David Meyler :* Adam Idah ; Republic of Ireland U21 internationals :* Brian Lenihan :* Eoghan O'Connell :* Adam Idah ; Republic of Ireland U23 international :*

Graham Cummins Graham Rickard Cummins (born 29 December 1987) is a retired Irish footballer. Playing career Early career Cummins played the majority of his schoolboy football with Tramore Athletic and also had a spell with College Corinthians. Cobh Rambler ...

;

women's international :* Megan Connolly ;Celebrities :*

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– RTÉ sports commentator

Honours

;Senior Men's Team :*

:**''Winners'': 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2019–20 : 6 :**''Runners-up'': 1986–87, 2014–15: 2 :* Munster Senior League Senior First Division :**''Winners'': 2010–11: 1 :* Munster Senior Cup :**''Runners-up'': 2000–01: 1 :*

:**''Runners-up'': 1994–95, 1997–98: 2 ;Senior Women's Team :*

:**''Runners-up'': 1992–93, 1994–95, : 2 :*Women's Munster Senior Cup :**''Winners'': 2014–15: 1 Schoolboys 2017- SFAI Under 15 Evans National Cup Winners 2018- SFAI Under 15 Evans National Cup Winners

References

{{Sport in Cork City Association football clubs in Cork (city) Munster Senior League (association football) clubs Association football clubs in County Cork Women's association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland Association football clubs established in 1971 1971 establishments in Ireland Former Cork Athletic Union League clubs