IBBA National Basketball League 1979-80

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*St. Vincent’s Killarney	18	16	2			32
*Blue Demons	18	14	4			28
*Marian	18	13	5			26
*Killester	18	11	7			22
Tralee Celtics	18	10	8			20
St. Vincent’s Glasnevin	18	9	9			18
Sligo All-Stars	18	8	10			16
St. Gall’s	18	7	11			14
O’Connell’s	18	2	16			4
Iona Cork	18	0	18			0

[1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1980	St. Vincent’s Killarney	84	Killester	71
1980	Blue Demons	103	Marian	89
	Final
1980	St. Vincent’s Killarney	104	Blue Demons	73

IBBA National Basketball League 1980-81

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Blue Demons	18	17	1			34
*Killester	18	13	5			26
*Marian	18	12	6			24
St. Gall’s	18	12	6			24
*St. Vincent’s Killarney	18	12	6			24
St. Vincent’s Glasnevin	18	11	7			22
Corinthians	18	5	13			10
Celtic	18	3	15			6
Sligo All Stars	18	3	15			6
St. Colm’s	18	2	16			4

[18]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1981	Blue Demons	95	Marian	61
1981	St. Vincent’s Killarney	73	Killester	62
	Final
1981	Blue Demons	77	St. Vincent’s Killarney	74

IBBA National Basketball League 1981-82

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Gleneagle Killarney	18	16	2			32
Team Britvic Blue Demons	18	14	4			28
St. Vincent’s Glasnevin	18	13	5			26
Killester	18	10	8			20
Burgerland Neptune	18	10	8			20
Team Shandy St. Gall’s	18	8	10			16
Marian	18	7	11			14
Tralee Celtics	18	7	11			14
Corinthians	18	6	12			12
Ballina Braves	18	0	18			0

[1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1982
1982
	Final
1982	Gleneagle Killarney	100	Team Britvic Blue Demons	97 ot

IBBA National Basketball League 1982-83

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Burgerland Neptune	16	13	3			26
Sporting Belfast	16	11	5			22
Gleneagle Killarney	16	10	6			20
St. Vincent’s	16	10	6			20
Team Britvic Blue Demons	16	9	7			18
Team Corona St. Gall’s	16	7	9			14
Sligo All-Stars	16	5	11			10
Killester	16	4	12			8
Yoplait Marian	16	3	13			6

[1][9]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1983	Burgerland	67	St. Vincent’s	74
1983	Sporting Belfast	W	Gleneagle	L
	Final
1983	St. Vincent’s	83	Sporting Belfast	78

[14]

National Basketball Leagues 1983-84

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Team Britvic Blue Demons	18	14	4			28
*Team Harp Lager North Monastery	18	13	5			26
*St. Vincent’s	18	12	4			24
*Gleneagle Killarney	18	11	7			22
Team Smithwick’s Sporting	18	10	8			20
Burgerland Neptune	18	9	9			18
Killester	18	9	9			18
Team GWI Sligo	18	7	11			14
Team Corona St. Gall’s	18	4	14			8
Club Orange Annadale	18	1	17			2

[1][2]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1984	St. Vincent’s	71	Harp Lager	68
1984	Gleneagle	89	Team Britvic	85
	Final
1984	St. Vincent’s	104	Gleneagle	76

[15]

IBBA National Basketball Leagues 1984-85

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Burgerland Neptune	18	15	3			30
*Team Britvic Blue Demons	18	13	5			26
*Jameson St. Vincent’s	18	13	5			26
*Team Harp Lager North Monastery	18	11	7			22
Team Smithwick’s Sporting	18	10	8			20
Yoplait Marian	18	9	9			18
Killester	18	7	11			14
Team West Ballina	18	5	13			10
Gleneagle Killarney	18	4	14			8
Team GWI Sligo	18	3	15			6

[1][3]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1985	Burgerland Neptune	W	Harp Lager North Mon	L
1985	Team Britvic Blue Demons	W	Jameson St. Vincent’s	L
	Final
1985	Team Britvic Blue Demons	77	Burgerland Neptune	74

[16]

National Basketball Leagues 1985-86

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Burgerland International Neptune	18	16	2			32
*Team Harp Lager North Monastery	18	14	4			28
*Premier Milk Toppers Killester	18	12	6			24
*Jameson International St. Vincent’s	18	10	8			20
Team Roadspeed Corinthians	18	9	9			18
Dawn Milk Blue Demons	18	8	10			16
Team Tudor St. Gall’s	18	6	12			12
Team West Ballina	18	5	13			10
Team Smithwicks Sporting Belfast	18	5	13			10
Yoplait Marian	18	5	13			10

[1][4]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1986	Jameson	102	Burgerland	94
1986	Premier Milk	100	Harp Lager	91
	Final
1986	Jameson	89	Premier Milk	81

[17]

IBBA National Leagues 1986-87

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Burgerland Neptune	18	13	5			26
*Dawn Milk Blue Demons	18	13	5			26
*Premier Milk Toppers Killester	18	12	6			24
*Jameson St. Vincent’s	18	12	6			24
Budweiser	18	11	7			22
Roadspeed Corinthians	18	9	9			18
Team West Ballina	18	8	10			16
St. Declan’s	18	5	13			10
St. Gall’s	18	5	13			10
Portarlington Hawks ##	18	2	16			2

[1][5]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1987	Burgerland Neptune	87	Jameson St. Vincent’s	78
1987
	Final
1987	Burgerland Neptune	95	Premier Milk Toppers	84

IBBA National League 1987-88

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Burgerland Neptune	18	14	4			28
*Premier Milk Killester	18	13	5			26
*Dawn Milk Blue Demons	18	13	5			26
*Budweiser North Monastery	18	12	6			24
Roadspeed Corinthians	18	9	9			18
Harp Ballina	18	9	9			18
Jameson St. Vincent’s	18	8	10			16
St. Declan’s Cabra	18	6	12			12
Sligo All-Stars	18	5	13			10
Galway Democrats	18	1	17			2

[1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Final
1988	Burgerland Neptune	65	Budweiser North Monastery	62
1988	Dawn Milk Blue Demons	95	Premier Milk Killester	88
	Final
1988	Dawn Milk Blue Demons	89	Burgerland Neptune	88

[10]

IBBA National League 1988-89

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Dawn Milk Cork Blue Demons	18	14	4			28
*Burgerland Neptune	18	13	5			26
*Jameson Glasnevin St. Vincent’s	18	13	5			26
*Harp Ballina	18	11	7			22
St. Declan’s	18	10	8			20
Roadspeed Dublin Corinthians	18	10	8			20
Premier Milk Killester	18	8	10			16
Budweiser Cork	18	6	12			12
Cookstown Glenavon	18	2	16			4
St. Gall’s	18	2	16			4

[1][6]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1989
1989
	Final
1989	Burgerland Neptune	95	Harp Ballina	82

[11]

IBBA National League 1989-90

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Burgerland Neptune	18	18	0			36
*Jameson St. Vincent’s	18	13	5			26
*Roadspeed Corinthians	18	13	5			26
*Harp Ballina	18	9	9			18
Dawn Milk Blue Demons	18	8	10			16
Premier Dairies Killester	18	6	12			12
Radio South North Monastery	18	6	12			12
St. Declan’s Perri	18	6	12			12
Garvey’s Tralee	18	6	12			12
Tennents Sligo	18	5	13			10

[1][7]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
1990	Jameson St. Vincent’s	81	Harp Ballina	81

[12]

Note: Title Awarded to Jameson St. Vincent’s. Harp Ballina refused to play overtime due to a controversial refereeing decision.

IBBA National League 1990-91

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Burgerland Neptune	16	13	3			26
*Connacht Gold Ballina	16	11	5			22
*Jameson St. Vincent’s	16	10	6			20
*North Monastery 96’ers	16	10	6			20
Lucozade Sport Killester	16	9	7			18
Dawn Milk Blue Demons	16	7	9			14
St. Declan’s	16	6	10			12
Marathon Limerick George	16	5	11			10
Cookstown Glenavon	16	1	15			2

[1][8]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
1991	Neptune	92	North Monastery	91 ot

[13]

Report

The Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland relented on its no paid professionals rule after St. Vincent’s of Killarney brought in two professionals from the United States in 1979. Seeing how many fans it was bringing in the Association legalised the import of paid players from USA, and changed its name to the Irish Basketball Association to reflect this change in 1980.

St. Vincent’s Killarney would run away with the League and Top Four Championships that year, and the following year the other clubs followed suit by bringing in players from the United States.

Blue Demons of Cork would win the League in 1980-81, as Munster Clubs dominated the League over the next decade. Gleneagle Killarney would win the League the following year and from 1982 to 1991 the great Neptune team of the era would win seven out of nine league titles – only Blue Demons interrupting this streak in 1983-84 and 1988-89.

St. Vincent’s of Glasnevin in Dublin were the only team to break this Cork and Kerry stranglehold by winning the Top four Championship in 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86 and 1989-90, but the League would belong to Cork and Kerry.

In 1991 the League made the decision to cut the number of imports a team was allowed to bring in from two to one and merged the two Divisions into one Super League. It was thought Irish players were able to make the step up to Pro but the fans lost interest with only one American and the Golden Era was over.

References

Bibliography

[1] Shannon, Kieran (2009) “Hanging from the Rafters: The story of Neptune and the Golden Age of Irish Basketball” Appendix Section 1: The Irish Men’s Game: The Complete Records: National League Tables and Top Four semi-finals and Finals. Pp. 516-527.

Magazine Articles

[2] (1984) “National League 1983-84”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. October 1984.

[3] (1985) “Final Standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Autumn 1985.

[4] (1986) “National League Standings 1985-86”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. 1985-86 Season.

[5] (1987) “National League 1986-87”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. 1986-87 Season.

[6] (1989) “National League 1988-89 Final Standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 12. 1988-89 Season. pg. 28

[7] (1990) “National League 1989-90 Final Standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 15. March 1990 pp. 18

[8] (1991) “National League Tables 1990/91”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 18. May 1991 pp. 14

Sources

[9] (1983) “Scene is set for top-four showdown”. Irish Press. Monday, March 16, 1983.

[10] (1988) “Dawn Milk leave it to last seconds”. Irish Press. Monday, March 21, 1988. pp. 12-13.

[11] (1989) “Neptune find right formula”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 20, 1989. pp. 14-15.

[12] (1990) “Ballina overtime ban hands it to Vincents”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 19, 1990. pp. 12-13.

[13] (1991) “Last gasp Neptune!”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 25, 1991. pp. 22-23.

[14] (1983) “Vincent’s, North Mon on top”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 21, 1983. pp. 14-15.

[15] (1984) “Top two titles stay in Dublin”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 19, 1984. pp. 16-17.

[16] (1985) “Formula finally right”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 18, 1985. pp. 16-17.

[17] (1986) “Dubliners basket top four honours”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 17, 1986. pp. 12-13.

[18] Anon. (1981) “Pride for the Blues | Div. One (Men)”. Irish Independent. Wednesday, March 25, 1981. pg. 13.

Note: Copies of The Irish Independent, Irish Press & Irish Examiner are available to view online at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

Images

[19] Donovan, Timothy | Irish Basketball Memories of the 80s And 90s Facebook Group (2020)Post to Page 25 March 2020.”Good memories” [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/90766714_10207259047192409_7927466479644049408_o.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_sid=ca434c&_nc_ohc=6ZDx93hGAxMAX8QVV6Z&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=33d102ac17c015ed360316ff2c4225fa&oe=5EA09967 [Accessed 25 March 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan & Timothy Donovan

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 25 March 2020

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

League Table

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Northern Conference
DBS Eanna	16	16	0	1417	1006	48
Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	16	12	4	1380	1186	36
EJ Sligo All-Stars	16	11	5	1316	1246	33
Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers	16	10	6	1194	1084	30
KUBS	16	9	7	1283	1210	27
Ulster University Elks	16	4	12	1147	1304	12
LYIT Donegal	16	3	13	1222	1537	9
GameFootage.net Titans	16	1	15	1132	1457	3
Southern Conference
Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	18	16	2	1597	1319	48
Scotts Lakers St.Paul’s Killarney	18	15	3	1644	1397	45
IT Carlow Basketball	17	11	6	1315	1232	33
Limerick Celtics	18	9	9	1413	1462	27
Portlaoise Panthers	17	9	8	1308	1388	27
Fr.Mathews	15	6	9	1203	1250	18
UL Sports Eagles	17	4	13	1276	1353	12
WIT Vikings	18	4	14	1302	1458	12
LIT	18	2	16	1337	1597	6

[2]

Points System: 3 Pts Win / 0 Pts Loss / Tied teams separated by Points Difference (PF – PA)

Champions Trophy

Date

Home Team

Away team

[3]

Promotion/Relegation Playoff

Date

Home Team

Away team

[4]

Regular Season Results

Home Team		Away Team
Week 1		8 September 2018
Ulster University Elks	84	LYIT Donegal	64
Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers	77	KUBS	72
LIT	60	Scotts Lakers St.Paul’s Killarney	67
Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	62	DBS Eanna	78
Fr.Mathews	56	Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	80
UL Sports Eagles	75	Portlaoise Panthers	81
WIT Vikings	72	Limerick Celtics	78
Week 1		9 September 2018
GameFootage.net Titans	66	EJ Sligo All-Stars	74
Week 2		15 September 2018
Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	95	WIT Vikings	74
DBS Eanna	103	Ulster University Elks	68
Limerick Celtics	78	IT Carlow Basketball	72
Scotts Lakers St.Paul’s Killarney	93	Fr.Mathews	70
KUBS	82	Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	90
Portlaoise Panthers	85	LIT	73
Week 2		16 September 2018
EJ Sligo All-Stars	65	LYIT Donegal	76
GameFootage.net Titans	60	Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers	91
Week 3		22 September 2018
IT Carlow Basketball	59	Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	79
Ulster University Elks	59	KUBS	76
Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers	72	LYIT Donegal	61
Fr.Mathews	91	Portlaoise Panthers	80
UL Sports Eagles	72	Limerick Celtics	73
WIT Vikings	73	Scotts Lakers St.Paul’s Killarney	102
EJ Sligo All-Stars	50	DBS Eanna	85
Week 3		23 September 2018
Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	99	LIT	82
Limerick Celtics	77	Fr.Mathews	71
Scotts Lakers St.Paul’s Killarney	77	UL Sports Eagles	73
GameFootage.net Titans	61	Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	86
Portlaoise Panthers	60	IT Carlow Basketball	72
Week 4		28 September 2018
IT Carlow Basketball	86	WIT Vikings	66
Week 4		29 September 2018
LYIT Donegal	88	Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	105
Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	88	Limerick Celtics	66
LIT	67	UL Sports Eagles	90
DBS Eanna	79	Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers	59
KUBS	67	EJ Sligo All-Stars	80
Portlaoise Panthers	77	Scotts Lakers St.Paul’s Killarney	94
Week 4		30 September 2018
GameFootage.net Titans	68	Ulster University Elks	60
Week 5		6 October 2018
Ulster University Elks	77	EJ Sligo All-Stars	83
Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	59	Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers	57
WIT Vikings	64	Portlaoise Panthers	67
Scotts Lakers St.Paul’s Killarney	96	Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	101
UL Sports Eagles	53	IT Carlow Basketball	85
Fr.Mathews	105	LIT	95
KUBS	71	DBS Eanna	76
LYIT Donegal	115	GameFootage.net Titans	110
Week 6		13 October 2018
IT Carlow Basketball	93	Scotts Lakers St.Paul’s Killarney	85
Ulster University Elks	79	Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	89
Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers	89	EJ Sligo All-Stars	65
LIT	79	WIT Vikings	68
UL Sports Eagles	86	Fr.Mathews	89
Week 6		14 October 2018
GameFootage.net Titans	63	KUBS	81
Portlaoise Panthers	83	Limerick Celtics	94
DBS Eanna	100	LYIT Donegal	66
Week 7		20 October 2018
IT Carlow Basketball	84	LIT	58
LYIT Donegal	79	KUBS	91
Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	90	UL Sports Eagles	68
Limerick Celtics	75	Scotts Lakers St.Paul’s Killarney	98
Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	110	EJ Sligo All-Stars	100
Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers	71	Ulster University Elks	78
WIT Vikings	72	Fr.Mathews	80
Week 8		26 October 2018
LIT	81	Limerick Celtics	82
Week 8		28 October 2018
Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	91	Portlaoise Panthers	66
Week 8		29 October 2018
Fr.Mathews	78	IT Carlow Basketball	93
WIT Vikings	74	UL Sports Eagles	92
Week 9		3 November 2018
EJ Sligo All-Stars	98	GameFootage.net Titans	58
Week 9		4 November 2018
Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	83	Fr.Mathews	82
Limerick Celtics	93	WIT Vikings	78
LYIT Donegal	65	Ulster University Elks	87
Scotts Lakers St.Paul’s Killarney	85	LIT	76
DBS Eanna	93	Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	62
KUBS	75	Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers	59
Portlaoise Panthers	84	UL Sports Eagles	83
Week 10		10 November 2018
Ulster University Elks	73	DBS Eanna	80
Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	78	IT Carlow Basketball	63
Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers	85	GameFootage.net Titans	69
Limerick Celtics	81	UL Sports Eagles	57
Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	81	KUBS	66
LYIT Donegal	81	EJ Sligo All-Stars	118
Scotts Lakers St.Paul’s Killarney	99	WIT Vikings	80
Portlaoise Panthers	79	Fr.Mathews	76
Week 10		11 November 2018
IT Carlow Basketball	78	Limerick Celtics	76
LIT	92	Portlaoise Panthers	95
WIT Vikings	49	Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	85
Week 11		17 November 2018
IT Carlow Basketball	71	Portlaoise Panthers	75
LYIT Donegal	77	Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers	94
LIT	83	Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	104
Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	97	GameFootage.net Titans	84
DBS Eanna	88	EJ Sligo All-Stars	83
UL Sports Eagles	71	Scotts Lakers St.Paul’s Killarney	89
Fr.Mathews	109	Limerick Celtics	100
KUBS	87	Ulster University Elks	69
Week 12		20 November 2018
Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers	45	DBS Eanna	70
Week 13		24 November 2018
Ulster University Elks	92	GameFootage.net Titans	64
Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	142	LYIT Donegal	70
Limerick Celtics	80	Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	90
WIT Vikings	73	IT Carlow Basketball	79
EJ Sligo All-Stars	78	KUBS	74
Scotts Lakers St.Paul’s Killarney	80	Portlaoise Panthers	76
UL Sports Eagles	101	LIT	70
Week 14		27 November 2018
Fr.Mathews	75	Scotts Lakers St.Paul’s Killarney	105
Week 15		7 December 2018
GameFootage.net Titans	98	LYIT Donegal	102
Week 15		8 December 2018
IT Carlow Basketball	76	UL Sports Eagles	65
Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	82	Scotts Lakers St.Paul’s Killarney	77
Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers	65	Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	58
LIT	46	Fr.Mathews	93
Portlaoise Panthers	77	Waterford Vikings	73
DBS Eanna	88	KUBS	68
EJ Sligo All-Stars	94	Ulster University Elks	73
Week 15		9 December 2018
Limerick Celtics	77	Portlaoise Panthers	58
Scotts Lakers St.Paul’s Killarney	96	IT Carlow Basketball	79
Waterford Vikings	90	LIT	77

[2]

Home Venues

Team	Home Court
Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	Ballincollig Community School, Co. Cork
DBS Eanna	Colaiste Eanna, Ballyroan, D14, Co. South Dublin
Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	Colaiste Bhride, Clondalkin, D22, Co. South Dublin
EJ Sligo All-Stars	Mercy College, Co. Sligo
Fr. Mathews	Colaiste Chriost Ri, Cork City
IT Carlow Basketball	Barrow Centre, IT Carlow, Co. Carlow
KUBS	Greendale, Dublin
Limerick Celtics	St.Munchin’s, Limerick City
LIT	Limerick IT Sportshall, Limerick City
LYIT Donegal	Letterkenny IT, Co. Donegal
Portlaoise Panthers	St. Mary’s Sports Hall, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Scotts Lakers St. Paul’s Killarney	Killarney Sports Centre, Co. Kerry
GameFootage.net Titans	The Jes, Galway City
Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers	Tolka Rovers SC, Dublin
UL Sports Eagles	UL Arena, Limerick City
Ulster University Elks	Ulster University
WIT Vikings	Waterford IT, Waterford City

[2]

Report

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References

_________________________________________________________

Images

[1] Sligo Sport and Recreation (2017) Basketball Ireland Logo [Internet] available from: http://www.sligosportandrecreation.ie/wp-content/uploads/basketball-ireland-logo.jpg [Accessed 10 March 2017]

Websites

[2] Basketball Ireland (2018) Mens Division 1 [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/league/129831/ [Accessed 3 December 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

About this document

Researched, compiled andd written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Irish World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 15 September 2019

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

IBBA Ladies National Basketball League 1980-81

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1981	Corinthians	79	Neptune	44
1981	Killester Kittens	81	Meteors	73
	Final
1981	Corinthians	68	Killester Kittens	65

[1]

IBBA Ladies National Basketball League Division 1 1981-82

	P	W	L	Pts
Naomh Mhuire	12	12	0	24
Meteors	12	9	3	18
Corinthians	12	8	4	16
Cossacks	12	5	7	10
Blarney	12	5	7	10
Athlone	12	3	9	6
Eagles Kildare	12	0	12	0

[1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
1982	Naomh Mhuire

IBBA Ladies National Basketball League Division 1 1982-83

	P	W	L	Pts
Meteors	14	13	1	26
Corinthians	14	12	2	24
Naomh Mhuire	14	11	3	22
Pacers	14	8	6	16
Blarney	14	6	8	12
Marathon	14	3	11	6
Cossacks	14	3	11	6
Team Bikesport	14	0	14	0

[1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1983	Meteors	66	Pacers	63
1983	Corinthians		Naomh Mhuire
	Final
1983	Meteors	56	Naomh Mhuire	46

[1]

IBBA Ladies National Basketball League Division 1 1983-84

	P	W	L	Pts
Meteors	16	15	1	30
Naomh Mhuire	16	14	2	28
Burgerland Limerick	16	13	3	26
Pacers	16	9	7	18
Eagle Lodge Tralee	16	9	7	18
Marathon	16	5	11	10
Blarney	16	4	12	8
Team Bikesport	16	3	13	6
Moyle Park	16	0	16	0

[2]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	4th Place Playoff
1984	Pacers	45	Eagle Lodge	40

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1984	Burgerland	53	Naomh Mhuire	52
1984	Meteors	72	Pacers	41
	Final
1984	Meteors	77	Burgerland	72

[1][9]

IBBA Ladies National Basketball League Division 1 1984-85

	P	W	L	Pts
Meteors	18	18	0	36
Eagle Lodge Tralee	18	14	4	28
Naomh Mhuire	18	14	4	28
Blarney	18	12	6	24
Burgerland Limerick	18	9	9	18
Team Tivoli	18	7	11	14
Pacers	18	6	12	12
Team TSB	18	6	12	12
Athlone	18	4	14	8
St. Louis	18	0	18	0

[3]
[1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1985	Meteors	L	Blarney	W
1985	Eagle Lodge Tralee	W	Naomh Mhuire	L
	Final
1985	Blarney	68	Eagle Lodge Tralee	70

[1]

IBBA Ladies National Basketball League Division 1 1985-86

	P	W	L	Pts
West Coast Coolers Meteors	18	16	2	32
Corinthians	18	15	3	30
Blarney	18	13	5	26
Team Hartnett	18	13	5	26
Premier Milk Toppers Killester	18	9	9	18
Team Tivoli	18	8	10	16
Naomh Mhuire	18	6	12	12
Pacers	18	4	14	8
Opel Sport	18	3	15	6
Team CSB	18	3	15	6

[4]
[1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1986	Corinthians	70	Reubens Blarney	69
1986	Team Hartnett	51	West Coast Coolers	46
	Final
1986	Team Hartnett	66	Corinthians	64

[1][10]

IBBA Ladies National Basketball Leagues Division 1 1986-87

	P	W	L	Pts
*Lee Strand Tralee	18	16	2	32
*Blarney	18	15	3	30
*West Coast Coolers Meteors	18	14	4	28
*Naomh Mhuire	18	11	7	22
Snowcream Wildcats	18	9	9	18
Marathon	18	8	10	16
Satzenbrau	18	7	11	14
Corinthians	18	5	13	10
Team Harp Pacers	18	4	14	8
Premier Milk Toppers Killester	18	1	17	2

[5]
[1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1987	Lee Strand Tralee	71	Naomh Mhuire	70
1987	West Coast Coolers	83	Blarney	72
	Final
1987	Lee Strand Tralee	79	West Coast Coolers	71

[1]

IBBA Ladies National Basketball League Division 1 1987-88

	P	W	L	Pts
*Lee Strand Tralee	18	16	2	32
*Abbey Life Blarney	18	15	3	30
*West Coast Cooler Meteors	18	14	4	28
*Naomh Mhuire	18	11	7	22
Snowcream Wildcats	18	9	9	18
Castledermot	18	8	10	16
Finlux Corinthians	18	7	11	14
Gateaux Athlone	18	4	14	8
Harp Pacers Ballina	18	4	14	8
Satzenbrau Belfast	18	2	16	4

[1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1988	Lee Strand Trlaee	68	Naomh Mhuire	67
1988	West Coast Coolers Meteors	W	Blarney	L
	Final
1988	West Coast Coolers Meteors	76	Lee Strand Tralee	73

[1]

IBBA Ladies National Basketball League Division 1 1988-89

	P	W	L	Pts
*Blarney Abbey Life	16	13	3	26
*West Coast Coolers Meteors	16	13	3	26
*Lee Strand Tralee	16	12	4	24
*Snowcream Wildcats	16	10	6	20
Naomh Mhuire	16	9	7	18
Corinthians	16	6	10	12
Corrib	16	5	11	10
Gateaux Athlone	16	3	13	6
Castledermot	16	1	15	2

[6]
[1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1989	WCC Meteors	71	Lee Strand Tralee	51
1989	Blarney	W	Wildcats	L
	Final
1989	Blarney	79	West Coast Coolers	63

[1]

IBBA Ladies National Basketball League Division 1 1989-90

	P	W	L	Pts
*Blarney Ballyclough	16	14	2	28
*Lee Strand Tralee	16	12	4	24
*West Coast Cooler Meteors	16	10	6	20
*Snowcream Wildcats	16	9	7	18
Naomh Mhuire	16	9	7	18
Marathon Golden Vale	16	8	8	16
Corrib	16	6	10	12
Pocari Killester	16	3	13	6
Corinthians	16	1	15	2

[7]
[1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1990	Wildcats	93	Blarney	91 ot
1990	Tralee	75	WCC Meteors	54
	Final
1990	Lee Strand Tralee	71	Snowcream Wildcats	80

[1]

IBBA Ladies National Basketball League Division 1 1990-91

	P	W	L	Pts
Blarney Ballyclough	18	17	1	34
Snowcream Wildcats	18	12	6	24
Lee Strand Tralee	18	12	6	24
West Coast Cooler Meteors	18	11	7	22
Naomh Mhuire	18	11	7	22
Corrib	18	9	9	18
Marathon Golden Vale	18	8	10	16
Tolka Rovers	18	5	13	10
Lucozade Sport Killester	18	4	14	8
Brunell	18	1	17	2

[8]
[1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
1991	Blarney	72	Lee Strand Tralee	68

[1]

Team Photos

Corinthians 1980s

References

Bibliography

[1] Shannon, Kieran (2009) “Hanging from the Rafters: The story of Neptune and the Golden Age of Irish Basketball” Women’s National League: National Championship Top Four Winners. Pp. 583-587.

Articles

[2] (1984) “National league 1983-84”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. October 1984.

[3] (1985) “Final Standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Autumn 1985.

[4] (1986) “National League Standings 1985-86”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. 1985-86 Season.

[5] (1987) “National League 1986-87”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. 1986-87 Season.

[6] (1989) “National League 1988-89 Final Standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 12. 1988-89 Season. pg. 28

[7] (1990) “National League 1989-90 Final Standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 15. March 1990 pp. 18

[8] (1991) “National League Tables 1990/91”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 18. May 1991 pp. 14

Sources

[9] (1984) “Top two titles stay in Dublin”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 19, 1984. pp. 16-17.

[10] (1986) “Dubliners basket top four honours”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 17, 1986. pp. 12-13.

Images

[11] Redmond, Lori | Irish Basketball Memories of the 80s And 90s Facebook Group (2017) Post to Page, September 2, 2017″Name that team????” [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21272658_10210427986757563_2828079694275115227_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_sid=ca434c&_nc_ohc=H_qlMF5ei1IAX-dolDy&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=7e331ba89f923629569b8307d86430d0&oe=5E9FF849 [Accessed 25 March 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Lori Redmond

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Last Updated: 25 March 2020

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IBA Budweiser Men’s National League 1991-92

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Northern Conference
*Connacht Gold Ballina	22	20	2			40
*Jameson St.Vincent’s	22	20	2			40
*Annadale Queens	22	15	7			30
*Star of the Sea	22	14	8			28
St. Gall’s	22	11	11			22
Dungannon	22	9	13			18
Sligo All-Stars	22	6	16			12
St. Declan’s	22	4	18			8
Southern Conference
*Burgerland Neptune	22	19	3			38
*North Monastery 96ers	22	18	4			36
*Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	22	16	6			32
*Whirlpool Blue Demons	22	12	10			24
Marathon Limerick	22	10	12			20
Lucozade Sport Killester	22	8	14			16
Woodchester Marian	22	6	16			12
Galway Democrats	22	4	18			8

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
4-5.04.1992	North Monastery 96ers	97	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	84
1992
1992
1992
	Semi-Finals		(Neptune)
11.04.1992	Connacht Gold Ballina		North Monastery 96ers
11.04.1992	Burgerland Neptune		Jameson St.Vincent’s
	Final		(Neptune)
12.04.1992	Connacht Gold Ballina	91	Jameson St.Vincent’s	78

IBA Budweiser Men’s National League 1992-93

	P	W	L	Pts
Northern Conference
*Connacht Gold Ballina	19	16	3	32
*Jameson St. Vincent’s	19	15	4	30
*Star of the Sea	19	11	8	22
Annadale/Queens	19	8	11	16
St. Gall’s	19	7	12	14
Dungannon	19	5	14	10
Delta Notre Dame	19	4	15	8
Southern Conference
*Avonmore Neptune	19	15	4	30
*North Monastery 96ers	19	15	4	30
*Blue Demons	19	12	7	24
Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	19	10	9	20
Oscar Taylor’s Killester	19	8	11	16
Marian	19	7	12	14
Marathon Limerick	19	0	19	0

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	8th Place Playoff
27.03.1993	Killester	78	Annadale/Queen’s	86
	Quarter-Finals
27.03.1993	St. Vincent’s	83	Blue Demons	77
27.03.1993	North Monastery 96ers	96	Star of the Sea	70
	Semi-Finals
03.04.1993	Jameson St. Vincent’s	73	Connacht Gold Ballina	62
03.04.1993	North Monastery 69ers	61	Neptune	59
	Final
04.04.1993	North Monastery 96ers	79	St. Vincent’s	62

Report

In 1991 the Irish Basketball Association decided to merge Divisions 1 and 2 in the Men’s National League and drop the numbers of paid imports from two to one, thinking the Irish players were up to playing at the same level as the American imports.

Ballina made up for earlier disappointments winning the first National Basketball League title beating St. Vincent’s Glasnevin  91-78 in the Playoff Final. St. Vincent’s were again the runners-up the following year, losing 79-62 to North Monastery in the Final.

Following this the League was again split into two levels – the Super League and Division 1

References

Magazine Articles

[1] (1992) “Budweiser Superleague Finals”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 21. April 1992 pp. 17

Sources

[2] (1992) “Ballina attain Holy Grail in thriller”. Irish Independent. Monday, April 13, 1992. pp. 32.

[3] (1992) “League title goes West”. Irish Examiner. Monday, April 13, 1992. pp. 12-13.

[4] Anon. (1993) “Hungry North Mon take National League honours”Irish Press. Monday, April 4, 1993. pg. 38-39

[5] Anon. (1993) “Factfile | Basketball”Irish Independent Wednesday, November 11, 1993. pg. 53

[6] Anon. (1993) “Factfile | Basketball”Irish Independent Wednesday, February 17, 1993. pg. 17

[7] Anon. (1993) “For the Record | Basketball”Sunday Independent, April 4, 1993. pg. 52

Magazines

[8] Anon. (1993) “Basketball National Leagues” IBA Magazine. April 1993.

Bibliography

[9] Shannon, Kieran (2009) “Hanging from the Rafters: The story of Neptune and the Golden Age of Irish Basketball” Appendix Section 1: The Irish Men’s Game: The Complete Records: National League Tables and Top Four semi-finals and Finals. Pp. 516-527.

Images

[10] Folan, John | Irish Basketball Memories of the 80s And 90s Facebook Group (2020) Post to Page, January 27, 2020″Fantastic team loved going to see them play” [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/84031072_1023908997993251_8391839803976450048_n.jpg?nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=ca434c&_nc_ohc=eZjapq8zlu4AX9QUva&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=03447b305a695c8d4a572078f382a059&oe=5E9F44CB [Accessed 25 March 2020][Adjusted]

Websites

[36] Basketball Ireland (2018) History [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/history/ [Accessed 26 May 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 25 March 2020

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020

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