Cork United Football Club was a

League of Ireland The League of Ireland ( ga, Sraith na hÉireann), together with the Football Association of Ireland, is one of the two main governing bodies responsible for organising association football in the Republic of Ireland. The term was originally use ...

club based in Cork from

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *January ...

until

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

History

Cork United was formed in February 1940 upon the dissolution of

Cork City Cork ( , from , meaning 'marsh') is the second largest city in Ireland and third largest city by population on the island of Ireland. It is located in the south-west of Ireland, in the province of Munster. Following an extension to the c ...

. The new club took Cork City's place and that season's playing record in the

. The new club enjoyed a golden age in the early 1940s, winning five league titles, before disbanding and resigning from the league on 10 October 1948.Niall Macsweeney (n.d.), ''A Record of League of Ireland Football 1921/2-1984/5''. Basildon:Association of Football Statisticians. Another new club, Cork Athletic was immediately formed to take its place.

Honours

: 5 ** 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46 *

FAI Cup The Football Association of Ireland Senior Challenge Cup (FAI Cup), known as the Extra.ie FAI Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland (as well as Derry ...

: 2 **1940–41, 1946–47 *

League of Ireland Shield The League of Ireland Shield ( ga, Sciath Sraithe na hÉireann) is a defunct Irish football tournament which was introduced when the League of Ireland started in 1921 and ran uninterrupted until 1972. It was played before the league season bega ...

: 2 **1942–43, 1947–48 *

Dublin City Cup The Dublin City Cup is a defunct Irish football tournament which was played for by all League of Ireland sides (and not just those from Dublin city as the name suggests). It ran from 1933 and ran uninterrupted until 1973. In the 1975–76 ...

: 2 **1943–44, 1945–46 * Munster Senior Cup **1940–41, 1944–45 (Reserves), 1946–47

Season placings

Notable former players

; Ireland (FAI) internationals ; Ireland (IFA) internationals * Bill Hayes * Owen Madden * Sean McCarthy *

Jackie O'Driscoll John Francis O'Driscoll (20 September 1921 – 11 March 1988), commonly referred to as Jackie O'Driscoll, is a former Irish association football, footballer who played as a winger for several teams in the League of Ireland. He also played for ...

;

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international *

Kevin McAlinden Kevin McAlinden (17 November 1913 – 3 April 1978) was a footballer from Northern Ireland who represented Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics. McAlinden played amateur football as a goalkeeper with Belfast Celtic Belfast Celtic Footb ...

; League of Ireland Top Scorer ;Other sports * Ned Courtney – played Gaelic football for Cork *

Tommy Moroney Tommy Moroney (10 November 1923 – 2 May 1981) was an Irish soccer and rugby union player. Moroney played soccer for Cork United, West Ham United, Evergreen United and Ireland. In 1949 he was a member of the Ireland team that defeated Engl ...

– played rugby union for

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following th ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cork United F.C. (1940-1948) Association football clubs in County Cork Defunct League of Ireland clubs Association football clubs in Cork (city) Association football clubs established in 1940 Association football clubs disestablished in 1948 1940 establishments in Ireland 1948 disestablishments in Ireland

History

Honours

Season placings

Notable former players

See also

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