Senior teams When Cherry Orchard was formed in 1957, it initially only organised adult teams. They began playing in the Leinster Alliance League and then the Leinster Junior League before switching to the
Athletic Union League in the mid-1960s. Cherry Orchard (also known as Orchard) first won a national competition in the 1981-1982 season, when they won the
FAI Junior Cup. They also won the FAI Junior Cup, three times in a row, between the 1984-1985 and 1986–1987 seasons. They also won it twice in a row in 1989–1990 and 1990–1991. During this time, Orchard also won the Athletic Union League five times. Following these successes, the club decided to join the
Leinster Senior League for the 1992–93 season. In their first season in the Leinster Senior League, Orchard gained promotion to the
LSL Senior Division. In 1993–94, in their debut season in that division, Orchard won their first Leinster Senior League title. In the 2015–16 season, the club won the Leinster Senior League Senior 1 Sunday Division and the Charlie Cahill Cup double.
Youth academy Cherry Orchard first began to field schoolboy teams in 1970. In the decades since, Orchard have won several schoolboy and youth league and cup competitions at both provincial and national level. In 1993, Cherry Orchard also won the
Milk Cup, beating
Rangers F.C. 4–2 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in the final played before a crowd of 10,000 at the
Coleraine Showgrounds. All the previous winners of the Milk Cup had been academy teams of top clubs from
England and
Scotland. A number of Cherry Orchard youth players have played on Republic of Ireland youth teams. In 1998, when the Republic of Ireland won both the
UEFA European Under-16 Championship and the
UEFA European Under-18 Championship, both teams included former Orchard players.
Andy Reid played in the under-16 team, while
Alan Quinn scored in the under-18 final against
Germany. ==Grounds==