Saint Vincent's Killarney was established sometime in the early 1960's. They were an off - shoot of some of the first basketball clubs in Killarney .. The Killarney Basketball Club was established in 1951. This was followed by the Busby Babes a few years later. Players from both of these teams as well as the FCA team were prominent in the establishment of the St Vincents Killarney Basketball Club.
How it started according to Kerry Basketball Legend - Weeshie Fogarty
1969 St Vincent Hosts the Sixth Annual Killarney Blitz
1973 Tournament hosted by St Vincents Killarney
The O'Connor Brothers Win the 1974 Munster Championship
(in Cork's Parochial Hall)
(in Cork's Parochial Hall)
O'Connor Brothers 1974 Munster Champions |
1975 Lota Tournament ( St Vincents Killarney )
1978-1979 National League Team
1979-1980
Paudie O'Connor triggered the Modern Era of Irish basketball
when he brought in the first Professionals.
1981 - 1982 National League Champions |
Where it started
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