This ground was subsequently sold to the Gaelic Athletic Association, and renamed Páirc Uí Rinn, for Christy Ring, a noted County Cork hurler.

[10] In order to provide a long-term home for the MFA and Cork soccer, the FAI negotiated a 98-year lease on Turners Cross with the land's owner Helena O'Sullivan.

In January 1947, following extensive flooding in the city, Cork United switched a league match with Drumcondra to the Cross at reputedly 15 minutes notice.

[14] At the start of the 1977/78 season, Celtic again looked for a longer lease on the ground in order to develop it for the purpose of raising additional income.

[15] The FAI's legal advisers had previously been unable to find the property owner or their original lease, however a complex ownership structure was eventually unravelled.

[16] Unable to resolve the tenancy situation with the FAI, Celtic spent no money on the upkeep of the Cross and it was eventually deemed unfit for use by the League for the 1978/79 season.

The playing surface remained notoriously bad, however, being branded 'the worst in the League', with Cork United also promising to upgrade the ground in the event of the lease situation being resolved.

[20] After Cork United were expelled from the League in 1982 the FAI closed the ground,[21] then sold its interest in it to the Munster Football Association the following year.

[23] League of Ireland football was supposed to return to the Cross that Autumn via Amby Fogarty's new Cork Hibernians side.

However the club was removed from the League of Ireland without playing a game as the MFA refused the new team a lease on the ground unless they had their own public liability insurance, which Hibernians could not afford.

[31] But Cork City's move to Bishopstown backfired and, following bankruptcy, the club returned to Turners Cross as tenants in 1996, where it has remained to date.

[35] In October 2022, the MFA and Cork City negotiated a 20-year agreement covering "rental costs, stadium usage and stadium commercial opportunities", providing for ongoing use of the ground for League of Ireland matches (in the men's game) and Women's National League matches (by Cork City W.F.C.).

In addition to soccer, rugby and gaelic games, boxing and gymkhana events have also been held at Turners Cross over the years.