The club's name is derived from the village's church, also called Réalt na Mara (Star of the Sea in English).

[5] Seán O'Sullivan played Kerry minor in 1998 and then had three years as an under-21, losing the 1999 All-Ireland Under-21 Football final against Westmeath.

[8] In November 2015 Donnchadh Walsh was the only Kerry player to be selected to play Australia in a one-off International Rules game in Croke Park.

[9] Cromane's first major triumph on the football field came in October 1994 when they claimed the Kerry Novice Championship beating Tuosist by 2-14 to 1-4 at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney.

In March 2008, Cromane won the Munster Junior B Football Championship beating Cork's St Oliver Plunkett's in the final in Knockaderry, Limerick.

[citation needed] In October 2017, the club won their fourth Kerry County Novice Championship title when they beat Moyvane by 1–12 to 0–12.

Cromane came out on top in the semi-final, winning 2–14 to 4–3 against Cashel King Cormacs to set up a Munster Junior B Football Championship final against the Limerick champions Ballybrown.

[citation needed] In February 2019, Cromane competed in Comórtas Peile Páidi Ó Sé tournament winning the junior final against Renard by 3–8 to 1–8.

The Cromane captain John Michael Foley received the Páidi Ó Sé Memorial Perpetual Cup.