A number of players, who progressed through the Cherry Orchard youth system, have gone onto play for professional clubs in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

In the decades since, Orchard have won several schoolboy and youth league and cup competitions at both provincial and national level.

All the previous winners of the Milk Cup had been academy teams of top clubs from England and Scotland.

[2] Jessie Stapleton, who later played with West Ham United and the Republic of Ireland women's national football team, also started at Cherry Orchard.

[4][5] Cherry Orchard play their home games at Elmdale, the Lawns (Le Fanu Park) and at St. John's College in Ballyfermot.