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was astonished to find that ballplayers in Ireland, even as late
as the cusp of the 21st century, couldn’t take for granted
the simplest of basketball accommodations: a roof over their heads.
At the same time, their efforts to find shelter led me to some of
the most engaging stories among all the tales I collected during
my year on the road.From Neptune Stadium in Cork (funded by blue-haired, bingo-playing ladies), to the grandiose National Basketball Arena in Dublin (the work of an American billionaire philanthropist and a Chicago union boss, among others), there has at least been some progress. Here is Ireland’s National Basketball Arena, so named, one Dubliner told me, "so Irish kids can say they’ve played in the NBA."  FIFTEEN:
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