instructors, brought together a number of players to form a new club, Cobh Wanderers, to compete in this league.

[citation needed] Several footballers, who played with the club in its early years, including Henry Ward, Mick Doherty and Tom Burke, subsequently gained international honours.

A Junior side was started and the club also played Senior for a couple of seasons before its final demise.

Further success was achieved in 1935/36 when they beat North End 2–1 in the Cork Area Final of the Munster Junior Cup in Villa Park.

Jim 'Tubby' Cotter who was a full back, was capped in 1934/35 also at Junior level versus Scotland.

This was a time of high level unemployment and emigration resulting in an exodus from Cobh which including a large number of the players.

[citation needed] When Cobh Wanderers was founded in 1981, one of the main aims of the club was to one day purchase their own ground.

A business plan was drawn up and an agreement was reached to purchase approximately five acres in Ticknock.

[4] In November 2017, Cobh Wanderers won the Keane Cup by defeating Castleview AFC 3–0.