League and Cup champions, back in the Super League, and a club that spent this weekend handing the credit to everyone but itself.
The Eagles wrapped up their season this weekend, and the message from the club was less about the two trophies than about the people who helped win them. "What a season. What a team. What a community," they posted, before naming the lot of them.
The Division One final on 11 April sealed it. That win took the league title and, with it, promotion back to the Super League. The Cup had already been banked in January, beating Drogheda Wolves 83–67 at Tallaght. Two finals at the National Basketball Arena, two results, and top-flight basketball heading back to Limerick.
It started, as a lot of it did, with a bus. Supporters travelled to Cork for the Cup semi-final back on 3 January, then to Tallaght twice, packing out a neutral arena and turning it blue both times. Plenty of them had also filled UL Arena for the playoff run, the nights the Eagles saw off Tolka Rovers and Drogheda Wolves to book their place. Home was wherever the team was playing.
The squad got the first thank-you: Toby, Alex, Ryan, Ronan, Darragh, Danny Shahab, Colm, Fred, Jake, Sean Ryan, Steve, Ajay, Kirill and Danny Mooney, with Sean Morrissey and Derrick Allahyarian part of the group all the way through. Then the staff, the strength and conditioning, the stats, and the gameday crew who set the arena up before every tip-off.
The sponsors were read out one by one, from the main backers to the businesses who turned up on gameday. "Your support helped create an incredible season," the club said. The supporters were last on the list, and pointedly not least. "Thank you to every supporter who showed up, travelled, cheered and backed us all season. This one was for you."