| Neptune Basketball Club | |
|---|---|
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| Founded | 1947 |
| Arena | Neptune Stadium |
| Location | Cork, Ireland |
| Team colours | Blue and white |
| Main sponsor | Energywise Ireland |
| Head coach | Paul Kelleher (as of 2023)[1] |
Neptune Basketball Club is an Irish basketball club based in Cork. Founded in 1947 following input from members of the Irish Defence Forces in developing citizen's clubs,[2][3] Neptune is the oldest and most successful basketball club in Ireland.[4] Based at Neptune Stadium, Neptune is the only basketball club in Ireland with its own stadium.[5]
- ^ "Preview: Kelleher's "whirlwind week", as Energywise Ireland Neptune look to end Belfast Star's winning run". ireland.basketball. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "History". neptunebasketballclub.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018.
- ^ O'Leary, Eleanor (2018). Youth and Popular Culture in 1950s Ireland. Bloomsbury. p. 209. ISBN 9781350015883.
[prior to] the setting-up of the Neptune Basketball Club and Stadium in Cork [..] over a period of a decade or more some members of the army assisted the uptake of the game by the civilian population
- ^ "Neptune withdrawal raises serious questions". thecourtsidecollective.com. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Frustration seeps out of Neptune via leak in the roof". Irish Examiner. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.