Tralee Tigers was an Irish

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team based in

Tralee Tralee ( ; , ; formerly , meaning 'strand of the River Lee') is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is on the northern side of the neck of the Dingle Peninsula, and is the largest town in ...

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. The team competed in the

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and were champions in 1995–96, 2003–04 and 2007–08. They also won the Irish National Championship in 2001–02, and won two National Cup titles in 2005 and 2007. The team folded following the 2008–09 season. Tralee Tigers' biggest star was dual

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er and basketball player

Kieran Donaghy Kieran Donaghy (born 1 March 1983) is an Irish Gaelic footballer and basketball player. He plays for Tralee club Austin Stacks and, formerly, at senior level for the Kerry county team. Donaghy won four All-Ireland Senior Football Championship m ...

. Donaghy helped Tralee win the 2005 National Cup and was named the player of the year.'Huge buzz' in Tralee as Donaghy to be named on basketball roster
/ref> In 2008, Donaghy and Micheal Quirke carried Tralee on their backs with both Americans fouled out to beat a stacked

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team in the league final. Donaghy scored 22 points in the final, a day after scoring 24 points in the semi-final against

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.KIERAN SHANNON: Top 25: Ireland’s greatest ever male basketball players
/ref> In January 2015, both Donaghy and Quirke, as well as John Teahan, were ranked in the top 25 of Ireland's greatest ever male basketball players.

References

External links

Team profile
at eurobasket.com

Former Super League (Ireland) teams Sports clubs and teams in County Kerry

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