Noel 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
04:53 – Getting Dropped from the Irish Basketball Team
06:26 – Fondest Memory of the Game of Basketball