In recent seasons the winners of the Senior Division have qualified to play in the League of Ireland Cup.

Despite using the Munster name in its title, the vast majority of its member clubs are based in County Cork.

In the Munster Cup the Highland Light Infantry lost 1–0 to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in the final played at Turner's Cross.

In 1921 Harry Buckle, a former Ireland international, settled in Cork and began working for the Ford Motor Company.

Finding little or no association football activity in the city, Buckle initially founded Fordsons F.C.