A team named Cork City also finished as Munster Senior Cup runners up in 1924–25.
The club also managed to recruit some professional players including Hugh Connolly, Willie Ross, Jim Foley, Jimmy Turnbull and Tom Davis.
However it later emerged that Billy Millar had signed for Cork City while he was still technically contracted to Shelbourne and the club were subsequently fined by the Football Association of Ireland.
a few seasons earlier, Cork City began to struggle to raise travel costs for away games in Dublin and the fine received over Millar did not help.
Then on 21 January, Cork City played Shelbourne and were unable to pay the visitors their 20% share of the gate money.
On Sunday, 28 January 1940 at The Mardyke, Cork City played what transpired to be the last match in its short history.