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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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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