Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland National League Division 1 1975-1979

ABAI NL D1 1975-76

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Killester	12	11	1	958	719	34
Marian	12	10	2	855	716	32
Blue Demons	12	8	4	806	733	28
Sligo All-Stars	12	4	8	876	777	20
St. Vincent’s	12	4	8	739	776	20
Neptune	12	4	8	772	805	20
– St. Mary’s Athlone	12	1	11	618	917	14

ABAI NL D1 1976-77

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Killester	14	13	1	1286	919	27
Marian	14	12	2	1090	892	26
Neptune	14	8	6	1008	992	22
St. Vincent’s	14	8	6	872	940	22
Blue Demons	14	5	9	917	923	19
Sligo All-Stars	14	5	9	871	1004	19
– Iona	13	3	10	797	972	16
– Hawks	13	1	12	875	1086	14

Note: One outstanding result – Iona v Hawks to be found.

ABAI NL D1 1977-78

	P	W	L	PF	PA	GB
*Marian	14	11	3			–
*Killester	14	11	3			0
*St. Vincent’s Dublin	14	10	4			1
*Blue Demons	14	10	4			1
St. Vincent’s Killarney	13	6	7			4.5
Neptune	13	3	10			7.5
Sligo All-Stars	14	2	12			9
– O’Connell’s	14	2	12			9

Note: One outstanding result – St. Vincent’s Killarney v Neptune to be found.

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	1st-2nd Playoff
	Marian		Killester
	3rd-4th Playoff
	St. Vincent’s Dublin		Blue Demons

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
	St. Vincent’s Dublin	62	Killester	61
	Marian	90	Blue Demons	88
	Final
	Marian	64	St. Vincent’s Dublin	57

ABAI NL D1 1978-79

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*St. Vincent’s Dublin	18	16	2			32
*St. Vincent’s Killarney	18	14	4			28
*Blue Demons	18	13	5			26
*Marian	18	12	6			24
Killester	18	11	7			22
O’Connell’s	18	6	12			12
Sligo All-Stars	18	6	12			12
Tralee Celtics	18	5	13			10
Neptune	18	5	13			10
OLV	18	2	16			4

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
1979	Blue Demons	64	St. Vincent’s Killarney	51
1979	Marian	99	St. Vincent’s Dublin	94
	Final		Parochial Hall, Cork
1979	Blue Demons	89	Marian	87

References

Sources / Newspapers

[1] A Special Correspondent (1976) “Basketball : Last gasp effort earned St. Mary’s consolation” The Irish Times, Tuesday, April 13, 1976. pg. 2 [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1976/0413/Pg002.html#Ar00206:5BC55262A573 [Accessed 1 January 2020]

[2] A Special Correspondent (1977) “Basketball : Killester are National Champions” The Irish Times Tuesday, March 8, 1977. pg. 2 [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1977/0308/Pg002.html#Ar00201:6543F969140B [Accessed 1 January 2020]

[3] A Special Correspondent (1978) “Basketball : Ireland should do well against Wales” The Irish Times Tuesday, February 28, 1978. pg. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1978/0228/Pg002.html#Ar00207:6D05AF73D5D073B67477B689 [Accessed 1 January 2020]

[4] A Special Correspondent (1978) “Basketball: Blue Demons look tough rivals for All-Stars” The Irish Times Friday, February 24, 1978. pg. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1978/0224/Pg004.html#Ar00407 [Accessed 1 January 2020]

[5] A Special Correspondent (1978) “Basketball : Shock win by Blue Demons earns a Playoff” The Irish Times Monday, February 21, 1978. pg. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1978/0221/Pg002.html#Ar00200:168BE71D2C08 [Accessed 1 January 2020]

[6] A Special Correspondent (1978) “Weekend Results Round-Up: Basketball “ The Irish Times Monday, March 13, 1978. pg. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1978/0313/Pg003.html#Ar00300:05DC360C1C4D [Accessed 1 January 2020]

[7] A Special Correspondent (1979) “Basketball : Celtic nosw have tough relegation battle” The Irish Times Wednesday, March 14, 1979. pg. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1979/0314/Pg018.html#Ar01805:49C6C74AC6E84AB6CA4C26E74C16C74CF6E84CF6CA50C6E7 [Accessed 1 January 2020]

Bibliography

[8] Shannon, Kieran (2009) Appendix: “National League and National Championship | Top Four winners 1977-78 to 2008-2009” . Hanging from the Rafters: Neptune and the Golden Age of Irish Basketball. pg. 516. Echo Publications, Cork, Ireland. 2009/

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rob Gihbu

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