Michelle Fahy

Michelle Fahy is largely considered the best post player in Irish basketball history.

Hall of Fame Induction

2026

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Clubs associated with

Glanmire, UL Huskies, Maree BC

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Michelle Fahy is largely considered the best post player in Irish basketball history for her magnificence at collegiate, national league and international level.

After coming up through the ranks with Maree and Calasanctius College in her native Galway, Fahy played NCAA D1 ball with Iona College, New York, where in her senior year (2003-4) she averaged a conference-leading 19 points a game.

Following a stint playing professionally in Switzerland, Fahy returned to Ireland in 2005-2006 and duly become the most valuable player in the domestic game; for the following eight years there wasn’t a season which she went without winning at least a National Cup or the Superleague, bar a gap year she took in 2010.

Prior to signing her, Glanmire had yet to win a national senior title. With her on board, they immediately won the 2006 Superleague (as she picked up the Superleague Player of the Year), followed by the 2007 Cup, and then Cup and League doubles in 2008 and 2009.

When Fahy then moved to Limerick in her work as a Garda and duly fell in with UL Huskies, the balance of power duly moved with her: in her time playing under James Weldon and alongside Olympian Rachael Vanderwal, Fahy and UL duly swept up three consecutive Superleagues (2011, 2012 and 2013) and two National Cups (2012 and 2013) in a stretch that included a remarkable 44-game unbeaten run.

In total, during her seven seasons playing with Glanmire or UL, Fahy accumulated an astonishing six Superleagues and five National Cups (including the 2012 final MVP). Admired by all for her remarkable post play and vision and loved by teammates for her humility and leadership, Fahy’s temperament was exceptional, epitomised by her knocking down a couple of free-throws in the closing seconds of the 2008 Cup final to help Glanmire edge Waterford Wildcats by a single point.

During her college and Glanmire years Fahy was also a standout player on an exceptional Irish senior national team that included BI Hall of Famers Susan Moran and Michelle Aspell and came just shy of qualifying for Eurobasket.

After UL swept the boards in 2013, Fahy stepped away from national league basketball, but a few years later came out of retirement to help her hometown club Maree win the 2017 National intermediate Cup and subsequently play some national league and Superleague basketball for them over the following couple of seasons. Back home now living in her native town, she continues to serve the club as a coach in its underage section.