All-Ireland Finals

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Score
	Quarter-Finals		National Basketball Arena
05.02.19	St. Joseph’s Bish	78	St. Pat’s Cavan	38
05.02.19	St. Malachy’s College	61	St. Olivers’s Drogheda	55
05.02.19	Mercy Mounthawk	51	St. Mary’s Portlaoise	75
	Quarter-Finals		Oblate Hall, Inchicore
05.02.19	Gael Cholaiste Mhuire	60	St. Paul’s Oughterard	63
	Semi-Finals		National Basketball Arena
05.02.19	St. Paul’s Oughterard	41	St. Malachy’s College	58
05.02.19	St. Mary’s Portlaoise	41	St. Joseph’s The Bish	71
	Final
28.02.19	St. Malachy’s College	52	St. Joseph’s The Bish	43

Reference: [2][3]

Playoff Tables

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Pool A (Host:Colaiste Chiarain Leixlip)
St. Patrick’s Cavan	3	3	0	144	111	9
St. Aidan’s Cork	2	1	1	107	104	3
Colaiste Chiarain Leixlip	2	1	1	112	112	3
CBS The Green Tralee	3	0	3	145	181	0
Pool B (Host: St. Patrick’s SS Oughterard)
St. Patrick’s SS Oughterard (Galway)	3	3	0	220	139	9
Ballincollig CS (Cork)	3	2	1	178	179	6
Scoil Pobail Sliabh Luachra Rathmore	3	1	2	140	179	2
Castleknock College	3	0	3	138	183	0
Pool C (Host: Colaiste Iosagain Portarlington)
St. Oliver’s CC Drogheda (Louth)	2	2	0	116	94	6
Malahide CS (Fingal)	2	1	1	82	96	3
Colaiste Iosagain Portarlington (Laois)	2	0	2	97	105	0
Calasanctius College Oranmore (Galway)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pool D (Host: St. Macartan’s College Monaghan)
St. Mary’s CBS Portlaoise (Laois)	3	3	0	159	127	9
St. Macartan’s College Monaghan	3	2	1	181	110	6
Summerhill College Sligo	3	1	2	142	185	3
Oatlands College (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown)	3	0	3	108	158	0

Reference: Compiled from [1]

Playoff Results

20 January 2019

Team 1		Team 2
Pool A
Colaiste Chiarain Leixlip	48	St. Patrick’s Cavan	56
St. Aidan’s Cork	71	CBS The Green Tralee	62
St. Patrick’s Cavan	42	St. Aidan’s Cork	36
CBS The Green Tralee	56	Colaiste Chiarain Leixlip	64
St. Patrick’s Cavan	46	CBS The Green Tralee	27
Colaiste Chiarain Leixlip	c	St. Aidan’s Cork	c
Pool B		18 January 2019
St. Patrick’s Oughterard	69	Castleknock College	46
SP Sliabh Luachra Rathmore	43	Ballincollig CS	72
Castleknock College	42	SP Sliabh Luachra Rathmore	54
Ballincollig CS	46	St. Patrick’s Oughterard	86
Castleknock College	50	Ballincollig CS	60
St. Patrick’s Oughterard	65	SP Sliabh Luachra Rathmore	47
Pool C		20 January 2019
Colaiste Iosagain Portarlington	40	Malahide CS	45
Malahide CS	37	St. Oliver’s CC Drogheda	56
Colaiste Iosagain Portarlington	57	St. Oliver’s CC Drogheda	60
Pool D		20 January 2019
St. Macartan’s Monaghan	58	Oatlands College	31
St. Mary’s CBS Portlaoise	50	Summerhill College Sligo	42
Oatlands College	29	St. Mary’s CBS Portlaoise	43
Summerhill College Sligo	33	St. Macartan’s Monaghan	67
Oatlands College	48	Summerhill College Sligo	57
St. Macartan’s Monaghan	56	St. Mary’s CBS Portlaoise	66

Reference: [1]

Report

FINAL: St. Malchy’s College (Belfast) 52 St. Joseph’s The Bish (Galway) 43

The teams were level at 14 points apiece at the end of the First Quarter with Cormac O’Rourke, Conor McDowell and Conor Ryan getting on the scoresheet for St. Malachy’s and James Connaire, Liam Nolan and James Cummins scoring for the Galway College.

The Second Quarter was as close with the defenses getting on top, as it finished 23-22 to St. Joseph’s, with a big three-pointer from Cummins helping them into the lead at the half.

The Bish raced into a 30-22 lead early in the third, but two huge three-pointers from CJ Fulton saw the Belfast side back into the match. Fulton scored all 11 of St. Malachy’s points in the Third Quarter, and he added 12 in the Fourth for 28 in Total, as a massive second half from the Belfast Player saw them home 52-43, and he desrvedly won the MVP Award.

St. Malchy’s College: CJ Fulton (28), Niall Hurson, Conor Eastwood, Conn Doherty, Conor Ryan (6), Cormac O’Rourke (9), Conor McDonnell (6), Ryan Scott, Callum Rocks, Conor Cooke (5)

St. Joseph’s The Bish (Galway) James Cummins (8), Iarlaith O’Sullivan, Darragh Mannion, James Wall, Brian Chege, Liam Nolan (15), James Connaire (11), Matthew Sweeney, Aaron Kiernan (7), Daniel Hackett, Chioera Okeke (2), Thomas Togher, Patrick McDonnell, Zak Lally.

MVP: CJ Fulton (St. Malachy’s College)

Reference: [3]

How They Qualified:

	East Region
E1	Malahide Community School (Dublin)
E2	Oatlands College (Dublin)
E3	Colaiste Chiarain Leixlip (Kildare)
E4	Castleknock College (Dublin)
	Midland / South East Region
M/SE1	St. Mary’s CBS Portlaoise (Laois)
M/SE2	Colaiste Iosagain Portarlington (Laois)
	South Region
S1	Gael Cholaiste Mhuire AG (Cork) – Qualify direct to Quarter-Finals
S2	St. Aidan’s (Cork)
S3	Ballincollig Community School (Cork)
	South West Region
SW1	Mercy Mounthawk Tralee (Kerry) – Qualify direct to Quarter-Finals
SW2	Scoil Pobail Sliabh Luachra Rathmore (Kerry)
SW3	CBS The Green Tralee (Kerry)
	West Region
W1	St. Joseph’s The Bish (Galway) – Qualify direct to Quarter-Finals
W2	St. Paul’s SS Oughterard (Galway)
W3	Calasanctius College Oranmore (Galway)
	North / North West Region
N/NW1	St. Malachy’s College (Belfast) – Qualify direct to Quarter-Finals
N/NW2	Summerhill College (Sligo)
	North East Region
NE1	St. Macartan’s College (Monaghan)
NE2	St. Oliver’s Community College Drogheda (Louth)
NE3	St. Pat’s (Cavan)

Reference: [1]

References

_____________________________________________

Websites

[1] Basketball Ireland (2019) U19U16 Boys Playoff Results 2019.pdf [Internet] Available from: http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/galleries/638_uploaded/ebfbfda2e36512cdfebf327676e2edaa8d8e82dd.pdf
[Accessed 8 February 2019]

[2] Basketball Ireland (2019) Gamezone: All Ireland Schools League Quarter-Finals & Semi-Finals [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10047821/
[Accessed 21 March 2019]

[3] Basketball Ireland (2019) DAY TWO: All Ireland Schools League Finals [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10048990/
[Accessed 21 March 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jim Naughton, Colaiste Eanna & Barry Wyse, Templeogue College.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 22 March 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 Reserved.