marian basketball club was founded in 1968 when a group of pupils and past-pupils of marian college, ballsbridge entered a team in the dublin minor basketball league. that team included paul meany, ken mcintyre, sean conroy, michael meany and fran ryan. the team won the dublin minor championship, and two years later, the club also entered a team in the dublin senior league. this team absorbed an existing team called the shannon dodgers, which featured dublin-based past pupils of st. marys college, athlone, another marist brothers school. these included bill doyle and lonan mchugo. in 1970, the club won the dublin senior championship with paul meany, ken mcintyre, sean conroy, michael meany and fran ryan all featuring.