National Basketball Arena, also known as Tallaght Arena or the ESB Arena, is an indoor sporting arena located in Tallaght

Tallaght

Tallaght is the largest town, and county town, of South Dublin County, Ireland. The village area, dating from at least the 17th century, held one of the earliest settlements known in the southern part of the island, and one of medieval Ireland's more important monastic centres.Up to the 1960s...

, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. It is used mainly for basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 events. The capacity of the arena is 2,500 people and opened in 1993.

Basketball

The Ireland national basketball team

Ireland national basketball team

- Performance at Summer Olympics :-Notable players:*Pat Burke – Only Irish-born to have played in the NBA. Played for Orlando Magic & Phoenix Suns...

 play their home matches in the Arena.
The Arena hosts the Irish Superleague final each year.

Wrestling

The Arena hosted an American wrestling rampage show in 2008 which featured wrestlers such as Chris Masters

Chris Masters

Christopher Todd Mordetzky is an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Chris Masters. He is best known for his tenure with WWE.-Early career:...

, Rene Dupree and Scotty 2 Hotty.

The Arena has also hosted many Irish Whip Wrestling

Irish Whip Wrestling

Irish Whip Wrestling is an Irish owned independent professional wrestling promotion established in 2002. The company was named in tribute to Irish professional wrestler Danno O'Mahony, who is credited as the inventor of the "Irish Whip" wrestling maneuver. IWW runs shows throughout the whole of...

 shows which have featured wrestlers such as Tatanka

Tatanka

Tatanka may refer to:*Tatanka Iyotake , better known as Sitting Bull, medicine man and leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux*American bison, tatanka in the Lakota language...

, Daivari, Balls Mahoney

Balls Mahoney

Jonathan Rechner better known by his ring name Balls Mahoney , is an American professional wrestler...

, Nigel McGuinness

Nigel McGuinness

Steven Haworth is an English professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Desmond Wolfe and Nigel McGuinness. As McGuinness he first gained notoriety working for Ring of Honor in the United States and Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan...

, Andy Boy Simmonz and Chad Collyer

Chad Collyer

Chad Collyer is an American professional wrestler. A Heartland Wrestling Association mainstay, Collyer is perhaps best known for his appearances with Ring of Honor and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.-Career:...

External links

• National Basketball Arena homepage

• Firhouse Basketball Club are a local Ladies Basketball club.
  Firhouse Basketball Club homepage