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.
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