Eirball – Irish, North American and World Baseball, Softball and Rounders Archive
The Eirball – Irish, North American and World Sports Archives – sub-site devoted to Irish, North American and World Baseball, Softball and Rounders where the All-Time Statistical History (Results, Standings, Rosters) of Rounders, Baseball and Softball in Ireland, the Irish Abroad and those who have immigrated to Ireland can be found.
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This is the Eirball Index Page to All-Time Results and Standings of the Irish Baseball League and other Baseball Leagues in Ireland such as the WW2 League among US and Canadian Soldiers stationed in Northern Ireland for the duration of the War.
Irish Baseball League
In mid-1990s a few Leinster Softball players wanted something more competitive and atarted the first Irish Baseball League in 1997. With funding from the Irish-American owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball team, a puropse-built Baseball Diamond was made in Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, including a Little League field, and the League has been in existence since, celebrating its 25th anniverary in 2021.


Irish Baseball League
Irish Baseball League 1997-2005; Baseball Ireland A-League and B-League 2006-Present
Irish Baseball League (Standings)
Baseball Ireland A-League 2006-2020
Irish Baseball League 1997-2005
Baseball Ireland B-League 2006-2020
Irish Baseball League Results
Baseball Ireland A-League Seasons:
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Irish Baseball & Softball Federation – Irish Baseball League (Seasons):
2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Baseball Ireland B-League Seasons:
Irish Baseball League Preseason


Irish Baseball League Preseason
Baseball Ireland Machine Cage League 80mph
Baseball Ireland Machine Cage League 60mph
Irish Baseball Leagues 1942-1988
Cadet Baseball Leagues
Baseball has been played in Ireland since the first visiting American Major League teams in the 1870s, and the first Leagues in Ireland were played by American and Canadian Baseball playersstationed in Northern Ireland during the Second World War. In the 1960s the Youth first teams in Ireland were formed in Dublin and Waterford, and the Irish Baseball Association was formed by these teams. In 1982 the first Dublin Softball League (Softball is a recreational version of Baseball) season was played (the League is still in existence as the Leinster Softball League) 1988 the Donegal Baseball and Softball Association played a Youth Baseball season
Northern Ireland Baseball Championship
From 1942, when US Soldiers, Navy & Airmen stationed in Northern Ireland during World War II played in the Northern Ireland Baseball League and 8th US Air Corps Baseball Championship, to the Youth Baseball Championships played in Waterford & Dublin in the 1960s (The Irish Baseball Association) and Donegal (The Donegal Baseball & Softball Association) there have been Baseball Leagues in Ireland.


Irish Baseball Leagues 1942-1988
WW2 US Armed Forces Leagues 1942-1943; Cadet Baseball Leagues 1961-1988.
Cadet Baseball Leagues Finals
Irish Baseball Association | Championship 1961-1966
Cadet Baseball Leagues Results
Donegal Baseball & Softball Asociation (Seasons): 1988
Tuam (Galway) Cadet Baseball (Seasons): 1970
Irish Baseball Association (Seasons): 1961
Northern Ireland Baseball League 1942-1943
8th US Air Corps v NIBL Championship Series (Seasons): 1943
Northern Ireland Baseball League (Seasons): 1943 1942
8th US Air Corps Baseball Championship (Seasons): 1943
Baseball Ireland Teams
The first Irish Baseball League season took place in 1997 with four teams. The following year it was decided to start fresh with all-new teams and an all-players draft. The Hurricanes and Spartans, now Dublin City Hurricanes and Dublin Spartans were among those teams and are still (as of 2021) in the Baseball Ireland A-League.


Baseball Ireland Teams
Irish Baseball & Softball Federation 1997-2005; Baseball Ireland 2006-Present
(*) Teams still in existence marked with an asterisk
First Four IBL Teams 1997
Dublin IBL Teams 1998-2006
Dublin IBL / Baseball Ireland Teams 1998-Present
Dublin City Hurricanes 1998-2020 (*)
Belfast IBL / Baseball Ireland Teams 1997-Present
Belfast NorthStars 1997-2020 (*)
International IBL / Baseball Ireland Teams 1999-2014
Leinster Provincial Teams 2002-2020
Munster Teams 2008-2020
Ulster Provincial Teams 2010-2020
Baseball Ireland Awards & Records
Baseball Ireland honours outstanding achievements in the Irish Baseball League.


Irish Baseball League Awards & Records
Irish Baseball League Awards; IBL Timeline
Baseball Ireland Irish Baseball League Awards (Seasons):
Timelines
Baseball Ireland International Tournaments
The Dublin, Ulster and Ashbourne International Baseball Tournaments have been a highlight of the Baseball Ireland Calendar since 2002.


Baseball Ireland International Tournaments
Dublin International Baseball Tournament; Rota Series, The Gathering; Ashbourne International Baseball Festival; Ulst
Baseball Ireland | Dublin International Baseball Tournament 2002-2008
Baseball Ireland | Rota Series International Tournaments 2011-2014
Dublin International Baseball Tournament: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007
Rota Series / The Gathering: 2011 2012 2013
Ashbourne International Baseball Festival: 2017 2018 2019
Ulster Open Baseball Championships:
Confederation of European Baseball
Ireland’s first foray into the European Baseball Championships occured in 1996, and with the National Team, and Juniors have been competing on a Regular basis in Europe since. In addition Irish Baseball League Champions have represented Ireland in European Competitions.


Confederation of European Baseball
CEB European Championships; CEB European Junior Championships
Confederation of European Baseball | European Championship Seniors | B-Pool 1996-2004
Confederation of European Baseball | European Baseball Championship Qualifiers 2006-2013
Confederation of European Baseball |European Championships C-Pool 2014-2018
CEB European Championship B-Pool (Years): 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
CEB European Championship Qualifiers (Years): 2006 2008 2011
CEB European Championship B-Level (Years): 2013
CEB European Championship C-Pool (Years): 2014 2016 2018
CEB European Championship Juniors (Years): 2017
Irish Baseball Tours of North America
From 2001 when Ireland’s National Baseball Team made its first Tour to New England, to the Buccaneers competing in the Men’s Senior Baseball League World Series, Irish Baseball teams have been making regular journeys across the Atlantic Ocean.


Ireland Tours of North America
Baseball Ireland National Team
Baseball Ireland National Team | Tours of North America 2001-2017
North American Tours (Years):
Amateur Baseball World Series
Irish teams have been competing in the Men’s Senior Baseball League Amateur World Series in Arizona since the 2010s. Ulster Buccaneers were the first, a team gathered together from Senior players in both Ireland and Britain, they have been competing in the MSBL Amateur World Series featuring teams from all over USA and Canada.


Men’s Senior Baseball League
MSBL Amateur World Series
Men’s Senior Baseball League Amateur World Series (35+ / 40+ Age Group):
American Baseball In Ireland
Beginning in 1874 when Major League Baseball teams toured Ireland and Britain to the games played by US Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen during World Wars I and II and the Cold War, to Baseball re-enactments there has been a long history of American and Canadian Baseball Teams visiting Ireland
Visiting USA and Canadian Baseball Teams
In 1874, Major League Baseball teams visited Ireland for the earliest recorded Baseball match in Ireland, and, naturally enough, given the links between the countries, Ireland, along with France and Britain got the biggest promotion of Baseball when teams toured Europe during the era leading up to the First World War.
Major League Baseball in Ireland
During the First World War, teams of American and Canadian soldiers and sailors, stationed in Ireland for the duration, or visiting the shores of Ireland, played Baseball matches in aid of War Charities.
World War II Baseball in Northern Ireland
From 1942, when US Soldiers, Navy & Airmen stationed in Northern Ireland during World War II played in the Northern Ireland Baseball League and 8th US Air Corps Baseball Championship, to the Youth Baseball Championships played in Waterford & Dublin in the 1960s (The Irish Baseball Association) and Donegal (The Donegal Baseball & Softball Association) there have been Baseball Leagues in Ireland.
Re-enactments
In addition to the Northern Ireland Baseball League during WWII, there have been exhibition matches played by American and Canadian Soldiers and Sailors stationed in Ireland during WWI or visiting Irish shores. There has also been reenactments of famous Baseball matches, including the Amateur World Series of 1903, which was re-enacted on the 100th anniversary in Drum, Co. Roscommon, featuring relatives of players involved.


Visiting US and Canadian Baseball Teams
Major League Baseball Tours; US Sailors and Soldiers WWI; Northern Ireland Baseball League WWII; Re-enactments
Major League Baseball in Ireland
Major League Baseball in Ireland (Years):
Major League Baseball in Ireland – Boston Red Stockings v Philadelphia Athletics 1874
Major League Baseball in Ireland – Chicago White Stockings Tour of Ireland 1889
US Teams Visiting Ireland
US teams Visiting Ireland (Years):
Baseball Internationals in Ireland – America v Canada 1917
International Baseball in Ireland – USS Trippe 7 USS Melville 6 – 1917
WWII Baseball in Northern Ireland
8th US Air Corps v NIBL Championship Series (Seasons): 1943
Northern Ireland Baseball League (Seasons): 1943 1942
8th US Air Corps Baseball Championship (Seasons): 1943
Baseball Re-Enactments
Re-enactments
Baseball Amateur World Series (1903) Re-enactment 2003
International Baseball in Ireland – US Navy Exhibition Match (1917) Re-enactment 2017
International Baseball

International Baseball
Ashbourne International Baseball Festival 2017-2019; Rota Series 2011-2013; Dublin International Baseball Tournament 2002-2008; Ulster Open Baseball Championships 2015
Ireland in the European Championships 1998-Present
Ireland National Baseball Team Tours of North America 2001-Present
Ulster Buccaneers in the Men’s Senior Baseball League Amateur World Series 2017-present
Major League Baseball Teams in Ireland 1874-1889, WWI and WWII Leagues in Northern Ireland, USAFE Baseball in Ireland during the Cold War, 100th Anniversary Re-enactments
Softball Ireland

Softball Ireland
Irish National Fastpitch Softball League#
Softball Ireland National Club Championship, Brian Walshe Cup (ISA Cup), Irish Open Softball Trophy
Fastpitch: Women’s World and European Softball Championships, Coed Slowpitch National Teams: European Coed Slowpitch Softball Championships. Coed Slowpitch Club Teams: European Cup Coed Slowpitch, European Coed Slowpitch Softball Super Cup
Softball Leinster Weekend League 2020; West Coast Softball Friendlies 2006-2009; Inter-County Tournament 2001; Dublin Bay Challenge Series 1998
Softball Leinster Corporate League; Softball Ireland Business House League
Provincial Softball

Provincial Softball
Leinster Softball League 1989-Present; Dublin Softball League 1982-1989; Leinster Softball Cups.
Galway Softball League 2021; Galway Softball Trophy 2014-2018
Munster Softball League 2010-2011
Ulster Softball League 2008-Present
Winter Softball

Winter Softball
Irish National Fastpitch League
Gemstorm Winter Softball League 1998-2001
Softball Intervarsities 2001-2016
Dublin Indoor Softball Tournament 2008-2015; Winter Indoor Softball Tournament 2011-2017; Indoor Softball Tournaments 2011-2020
Softball Blitzes

Softball Blitzes
Softball Blitz Finals 2006-Present
Longford Development Blitz 2001-2002
Budweiser Challenge Trophy 1989, Castleknock Invitational Blitz 2008-2013; Flyers Invitational Blitz 2010; Suspects Pink Blitz 1999-Present
Aughinish All-Ireland Challenge 1986-1988; Munsier Invitational Softball Tournament 2004-2005
Softball Ulster Start of Seasson Blitz 2018
Little League

Little League
IBSF Little League 1996; Little League Ireland 2003-2005; Softball Ireland Little League 2006-Present
Irish Baseball Association 1961-1966; Tuam Cadet Baseball 1970; Donegal Baseball & Softball Association 1988; Baseball Ireland Cadet 2004-2009; 2021
Baseball USA

Baseball USA
Irish-born Major League Baseball Players; Negro Baseball Leagues – Irish Connections
Irish-Born Minor League Baseball Players
Arizona Fall League
Ulster Buccaneers in the Men’s Senior Baseball League Amateur World Series 2017-present
WBSC World Baseball and Softball Confederation

WBSC World Baseball and Softball Confederation
Ireland in the European Championships 1998-Present
British Baseball Federation National League 1991
Fastpitch: Women’s World and European Softball Championships, Coed Slowpitch National Teams: European Coed Slowpitch Softball Championships. Coed Slowpitch Club Teams: European Cup Coed Slowpitch, European Coed Slowpitch Softball Super Cup
National Pro Fastpitch 2019; UK Softball 1991
What is in the Website?

All-Time Results
All-Time Results of the Irish Baseball, Irish Softball, Irish Baseball players abroad and those who have immigrated to Ireland.

Irish Abroad
The All-Time record of Irish Players Abroad, playing at High Levels.

International Results
The All-Time Record of Irish Internationals in the Baseball and Softball
What people say
Hi Enda. I found your Eirball site and love it. Great reading. Happy to see I even made it there myself
The site you have is a goldmine of info.
― John Gunning – Irish Sumo Wrestler (represented Ireland at the World Championships) and writer for Japan Times, American Football International
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