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

Douglas, Cork Douglas () is a suburb, with a village core, in Cork (city), Cork city, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Douglas is also the name of the townland, Parish (Catholic Church), Roman Catholic parish, Church of Ireland parish and Civil parishes in Irel ...

. Their senior men's team play in the

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. They also regularly compete in the

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, the

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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 and schoolgirl teams in the 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 maintains 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 had one of their most successful seasons in 1994–1995 when 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 1997–1998, 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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men's international :*

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; Republic of Ireland U21 men's internationals :* Brian Lenihan :*

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; Republic of Ireland U23 men's international :* Graham Cummins ;

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

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Honours

;Senior Men's Team *

(5): 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2002–03 * Munster Senior League Senior First Division (1): 2010–11 * Munster Senior Cup (0): (runners-up in 2000–01) *

(1) 2024–25 ;Senior Women's Team *

(0): (runners-up in 1992–93, 1994–95) * Women's Munster Senior Cup (1): 2014–15 ;Schoolboys * SFAI Under 15 Evans National Cup (1): 2017–18

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