Twenty years of the pride.
Founded in 2004, the Limerick Lions, now flying as the Limerick Sport Lions.
The club was founded in 2004 as Limerick Lions Basketball Club, and has been run by volunteers ever since. Today it carries the Limerick Sport Lions identity, the underage and junior club in the Limerick Sport family alongside the Super League Eagles.
From the start the idea was simple: teach young people the game properly, and give them somewhere to grow. Two decades on, the club fields boys teams at every age from Under-8 to Senior Men, and has a proven record of producing Irish underage internationals.
A European medal
The club's proudest moment came in 2018, when Lions player Nate Moore hit a buzzer-beating three with seconds left to win Ireland the bronze medal at the FIBA U18 European Championship Division C in Kosovo, a 93–91 win over Monaco. It remains the only European Championship medal won by a Limerick Lions player.
Built on marks
The club holds the Basketball Ireland Silver and Bronze Club Marks and the Cara Sport Inclusion Disability Charter, recognition of how it is run on and off the court.
The pathway
The Lions are the underage step on a pathway that leads to the Limerick Sport Eagles in the Men's Super League. Players like Darragh Horkan, the 2025-26 Division One Young Player of the Year, came up through the club from the Under-8s. Read more about the players carrying that story now.