The Ireland women's national basketball team represents Ireland in international

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. The team is organised by

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, and play their home games at the

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in Tallaght. In February 2010, during the Irish financial crisis, Basketball Ireland announced that it was €1.2m in debt and would deactivate its senior international squads to cut costs. A team representing Ireland was reformed in 2013, when a "Premier League All Stars" team played Wales in a match to mark The Gathering Ireland 2013 festival. Ireland also competed in 3x3 basketball at the 2014 Europe Championships and the

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. In late 2015, it was announced that the national team would again join official

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competitions after accepting an invitation to play the 2016 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries. The Irish team came second in the 2016 event, after losing to Malta in the final. An Irish team also entered the 2018 event (which took place in

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) and placed sixth.

Squad

As of mid-2019 (June 2019 friendly series), the squad included: * Aine McKenna, Ambassador UCC Glanmire * Aine O'Connor, Courtyard Liffey Celtics * Aisling McCann, Pyrobel Killester * Anna Kelly, Visby Ladies (Sweden) * Anna Maguire,

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(US) * Cathy Kavanagh, WIT Wildcats * Claire Rockall, Maree * Edel Thornton, Trinity Meteors * Fiona Scally, Maree * Grainne Dwyer, Fr. Mathews * Hannah Thornton, Pyrobel Killester

References

External links

Official website

Ireland
at FIBA site
Ireland National Team – Women
at Eurobasket.com {{FIBA Europe women's teams Women's national basketball teams

Squad

See also

References

External links