Irish Baseball League


The Irish Baseball League is the men's league in Ireland. It started play in 1997 and continues to this day. The season runs from March to October and are played on the weekends..

Club sides and fields

The O'Malley Fields at Corkagh Park in Clondalkin, West Dublin are the main home of Irish Baseball and current home field for the Dublin City Hurricanes and the Dublin Spartans. The Greystones Mariners play at Shanganagh Park in Shankill, County Dublin. The Ashbourne Baseball Club plays at the International Baseball Centre in Ashbourne, County Meath. The Belfast Northstars and the Ulster Buccaneers currently play at Hydebank. Comets play out of the Peace Link in Clones, Co. Monaghan. The Cork City Cosmos play at the Cork Showgrounds, in Cork, County Cork
For the 2020 season the following teams are participating at the associated venues:
TeamLocationStadiumTitles-
Belfast NorthstarsBelfastHydebank Playing Fields1
Belfast BuccaneersBelfastHydebank Playing Fields-
Clones CometsClonesThe Peace Link-
Cork City CosmosCorkCork Showgrounds-
Dublin City HurricanesDublin Corkagh Park7
Dublin SpartansDublin Corkagh Park12
Mariners BaseballShankillShanganagh Park1
Ashbourne Baseball Club AshbourneInternational Baseball Centre-

A DivisionB Division NB Division S
Ashbourne GiantsAshbourne Giants U21Ashbourne Stags
Belfast NorthstarsBelfast BuccaneersCork Cosmos
Dublin City HurricanesClones CometsDublin Spartans
Dublin SpartansDublin City HurricanesMariners Baseball
Mariners Baseball--

Irish A League history

; Irish League Champions
The 2010 season opened with newcomers to the league "Munster Warriors" beating the Spartans twice. 1–0 and 8–5.
The other game in the opening round was the 4–3 victory for the Hurricanes over the Mariners. The next round had the two heavyweights in the league against each other and it was the Spartans who were to come out top with a 6–5 victory over the Hurricanes. The other game in the 2nd round was the Mariners 3–1 victory over the Black Sox. The next round featured one of the most exciting games of the last few years. The Mariners were playing the Black Sox again in Shankill. Having let a 4–0 lead slip in typical Mariners fashion the Greystones Mariners were 8–5 down in the bottom of the 7th inning with 2 outs. Jack Fairbairn amazingly bunts his way to first which sets up one of the greatest comebacks ever recorded in the Irish League. The Mariners managed to tie the game into extra innings where the Black Sox scored another run to make the score 9–8 to the Black Sox. Cian O' Riordan stole home to tie up the game. Steven Hayes took a walk to 1st and stole 2nd. Jack Fairbairn steps up to the plate and once again bunts his way to success. An overthrow from the Black Sox catcher past 1st allowed Steven Hayes to score the winning run. A truly great game.
The Mariners were the first team to qualify for the playoffs after the Warriors gave them a double walk-over which ensured they finished in the top two.