Basketball
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- Curator: Patrick Coffey
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- Modified Date: June 18, 2021
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- Stories: 15
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- 1960
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Bill Casey
Date: June 18, 2021Bill Casey is known to GAA followers as a winner of an All-Ireland medal and football medal with Dublin in 1963. He is known to basketball people as the founder of the St. Vincent's basketball club and is someone who played and coached at schools level, club level, inter-county level and international level in the sport.
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Enda Byrt
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Helen McCarthy
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Paul Meany Interview
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Mary Baneham
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Seanie Murphy Interview
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Neptune Basketball
Date: November 24, 2023Jim O’Donoghue, Niall O’Riordan, Billy Kelly and Michael Finn share their memories of basketball in Cork. Interview with Noel Keating and Patrick Coffey.
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Seanie Burrows
Date: November 24, 2023Seanie Burrows, former Kerry footballer and basketball player/coach talks about his earliest memories of basketball in Kerry.
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Paddy O'Flynn
Date: November 26, 2023Administrator, referee and founder of St Colm’s, Paddy O'Flynn shares his memories of basketball in Limerick. Interview with Noel Keating and Patrick Coffey.
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Danny O'Connor
Date: June 03, 2025Interview with Danny O'Connor who has played basketball for Ireland, refereed the game, served as commissioner and has been involved with the game on many different levels
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Danny Fulton
Date: June 03, 2025Danny recounts his involvement with basketball in Ireland as a player and as a coach.
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Helen McCormack and Carmel Horan
Date: August 16, 2026Noel Keating speaks to Helen McCormack and Carmel Horan who are two founding members of St Mary’s Basketball Club in Athlone in the 1960s. 00:00 – Intro 00:21 – Start of St Mary’s Basketball Club 00:59 – Procuring a Basketball 02:06 – Organisation of Games 02:58 - Tournaments
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Kathleen O’Connor
Date: August 16, 2026Noel Keating chats with Kathleen O’Connor from Athlone who was a member of the first Irish Women’s Basketball Team in 1973 and who is also credited with being the first female in Ireland to execute the jump shot in Ireland. 00:00 – Intro 1:07 – Organisation of Competitions 1:52 – Jump Shot 02:32 – First Irish Women’s International Basketball Game 03:41 – Kathleen’s Father’s Sporting Achievements 04:17 – Family Connections to Basketball 04:
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Tom Burke
Date: August 16, 2026Noel Keating talks with Tom Burke, Basketball Association president from 1975 – 1977, first chairman of the Women’s National League 1978 and former chairman of Joint Men’s & Women’s National Committee. 00:00 – Intro 00:26 – Beginnings of Basketball in Athlone and Earliest Memories of the Game. 01:57 – Memories of Games Played 02:59 - Organisation of Competitions 04:01 – President and Vice President of Irish Basketball in 1970s 05:28 – Intro
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Sheila Gillick, Maria Glover and Colette Burke
Date: August 16, 2026Noel Keating converses with Sheila Gillick, Maria Glover and Colette Burke. Sheila Gillick played on the first Irish Women’s basketball team in 1973 and went on to serve as honorary secretary of Basketball Ireland. She was also the administrator of the Dublin Ladies Basketball Board. Maria Glover also served as honorary secretary of Basketball Ireland. She was team manager of the successful 1992 Four Countries Team, served as president of the
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