Cork Celtic F.C.

Cork Celtic F.C. were a former Irish football club based in Cork. They played in the League of Ireland between 1959 and 1979 and played their home games at Turners Cross. The club had previously played in the league as Evergreen United. In 1974 they were League of Ireland champions and the following season they reached the second round of the European Cup.

History

Earlier Cork Celtics

The Cork Celtic of the 1960s and 1970s was not the first club to use the name. In 1904 a Cork Celtic won the Munster Senior Cup. During the 1920s, together with Fordsons, Cork Bohemians, Cobh Ramblers and Cork City a Cork Celtic fielded teams in both the Munster Junior League and the Munster Senior League .In 1957 another Cork Celtic applied to join the League of Ireland but lost out to Cork Hibernians.

League champions

In 1959 the League of Ireland team that had previously played as Evergreen United changed their name to Cork Celtic . During the 1960s they enjoyed a local rivalry with Cork Hibernians. In 1974 with a team that included Alfie Hale Bobby Tambling and Keelan Hegarty, Celtic won their only League of Ireland title under Manager and former player Paul O'Donovan. Tambling, a former Chelsea player and England international had initially moved to Ireland to work as a Jehovah's Witness missionary. He scored 7 league goals in his first season as he helped ...
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