Rockmount Association Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Whitechurch, County Cork.
Their senior men's team currently plays in the Munster Senior League. They are the current Munster Senior League and FAI Intermediate Cup Champions having won both titles back to back in the 2021âÂÂ22 and 2022âÂÂ23 seasons respectively. They have also competed in the FAI Cup, the League of Ireland Cup, the FAI Intermediate Cup and the Munster Senior Cup. They have previously played in the Cork Athletic Union League. The club also fields teams in various junior and youth leagues. Their schoolboy section regularly fields up to ten teams in the Cork Schoolboy's League.
Rockmount A.F.C. was formed in 1924 in the Commons Road area of Cork city. The club was named after a local big house, Rockmount House, after the owner agreed to purchase some gear for the club. In 1924âÂÂ25 the club entered a team in Cork City Minor League and in 1926âÂÂ27 the club won its first trophy â the Munster Youth Cup. The 1926âÂÂ27 season also saw the club enter a team in the Munster Junior League. Other members of this league included Cork Bohemians, Fordsons, Cobh Ramblers and Mallow United plus two clubs who shared their name with future League of Ireland clubs, Cork Celtic and Cork City. League success initially eluded Rockmount but they did win the Munster Junior Cup in both 1929âÂÂ30 and 1932âÂÂ33. In 1935 club activities were suspended. However Rockmount A.F.C. was revived in 1951âÂÂ52, initially as a schoolboy team. In 1955âÂÂ56, a junior team was also entered in the Cork Athletic Union League. Rockmount finished as runners up in the Cork AUL in 1959âÂÂ60, 1965âÂÂ66 and 1967âÂÂ68 before they won the title in 1975âÂÂ76. In 1967âÂÂ68 they also won the Cork AUL's main league cup competition, the AOH Cup. In the final they defeated Everton 2âÂÂ1 in a replay after the first game finished 3âÂÂ3.
Rockmount later joined the Munster Senior League and during the 2000s and 2010s they emerged as one of the league's strongest teams, regularly winning the Senior Premier Division title. They won their first title in 1999âÂÂ2000 and in 2014âÂÂ15 they won their sixth. Rockmount have been Munster Senior Cup finalists on four occasions, each time losing out to League of Ireland opponents. In both 1997âÂÂ98 and 2001âÂÂ02 they lost out to Cork City. In 2008âÂÂ09 they lost 2âÂÂ1 to Waterford United. In the quarter-finals of the 2015âÂÂ16 cup Rockmount drew 1âÂÂ1 with Cork City before winning the tie 4âÂÂ3 on penalties. In the semi-final they defeated Ringmahon Rangers 2âÂÂ1 but then lost the final to Cobh Ramblers by the same score.
In 1986âÂÂ87 Rockmount were FAI Cup quarter-finalists. In the round of 32 they defeated Monaghan United 3âÂÂ1 away from home. In the round of sixteen they took two games to defeat Mervue United. After a 2âÂÂ2 draw, Rockmount won the replay 1âÂÂ0. In the quarter-finals they lost 2âÂÂ0 to Dundalk. Rockmount were also quarter-finalists in the 2004 FAI Cup. In the round of sixteen they again knocked out Monaghan United, this time defeating them 2âÂÂ0. In the quarter-finals they held Waterford United to a 2âÂÂ2 draw at Waterford RSC before losing the replay 2âÂÂ1. Rockmount have been FAI Intermediate Cup cup finalists on five occasions. In 1998âÂÂ99 in their first final, they defeated Garda F.C. 2âÂÂ0 at Turners Cross. Between 2002 and 2003 and 2004âÂÂ05 they played in three successive finals. In the 2002âÂÂ03 final they lost to 2âÂÂ1 to Belgrove at Whitehall Stadium after a replay. In 2003âÂÂ04 they won the cup for a second time after defeating Bluebell United in the final at Richmond Park. However, in 2004âÂÂ05 they failed to retain the cup and lost 1âÂÂ0 in the final to Wayside Celtic at the Carlisle Grounds. In 2007âÂÂ08 Rockmount won the cup for a third time following a 2âÂÂ0 win at Turners Cross over fellow Munster Senior League club, Douglas Hall. After winning the Munster Senior League title in 2014âÂÂ15, Rockmount were invited to participate in the 2016 League of Ireland Cup. In the first round they lost 4âÂÂ0 to Waterford United at the Waterford RSC.
Rockmount play their home games at Rockmount Park in Whitechurch, County Cork, about 12 kilometres north of Cork city centre. They previously played home games at rented facilities in Kilcully, before moving to their current home in 1983. Rockmount Park features four pitches. An all weather pitch was opened in 2010.