Some people may be surprised but basketball actually existed in Ireland long before St Vincent's Killarney imported some "Yanks" to play some "hoop" which many refer to as the start of the "modern era" of Irish Basketball. Many thanks to the late Paudie O'Connor for igniting that Golden Era. After trying to do a little research of some events that occurred during the 70's, it was disappointing to find so little of the early years of Ireland's basketball history documented. Some of the better accounts of Irish Basketball History could be found on Basketball Ireland's web site (1) and on the Dublin Mens Basketball Board site (2). But even those didn't come close to telling the story. So the following tried to summarize some of that which was already documented as well as fill in some of the gaps and patch it together to hopefully draw a better picture.
So this site is an attempt to tell some of that story and try to acknowledge the hard work of many of those that laid the foundation for the growth of the sport. Unfortunately this won't document all of Irish Basketball history but it will try to fill in some of the gaps. So check out the Irish Basketball History page and the other pages focusing on the Teams, Clubs, Tournaments and Players of years past. Hopefully this also encourages others to share their stories, pictures and copies of their mementos before they are lost to the waves of time.
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If you are a new visitor to the site, "Welcome" we suggest you start with looking at the this Quick Video Intro or jump right in with the Irish Basketball History page. Click Here
If you are returning to the site then "Welcome Back". Checking out the Whats New page may be helpful. Click Here
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Like many other histories this is patched together with a little bit from here and a little bit from there (using a lot of different sources). We have tried to verify the accuracy but a little might be somewhat off kilter. If so please let us know the accurate info and if possible how we can corroborate the new info.
If you have any stories, pictures, articles, feedback,corrections, etc. please email to ibbhistory@gmail.com.
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Thank you all and hopefully you find this entertaining.
Dreaming of the Good Old Days
Note on Source of Documentation :
As you will see as you explore the pages of this site, the vast majority of the documentation is based on the newspaper articles found in the archives of the Irish Newspaper Archives see the following link - Irish Newspaper Archives
Other Sources include Basketball Ireland, the Area and County Basketball Boards across Ireland, the Individual Basketball Clubs across Ireland, FIBA and more. See the various links in the Helpful Links Menu in the Right Side Panel above.
