F16s over Dublin? Careful now…

“Hurling? It’s like baseball with a goalie”.

20,000 American visitors are in Dublin this weekend for a major football game.

Croke Park stadium director Peter McKenna says attracting American football, including NFL games, to the stadium is part of a long-term strategy designed to help the GAA to maintain its financial independence.

The American Football College teams contesting this weekend's Croke Park Classic have been training at their team bases ahead of their meeting at GAA HQ this weekend.

Mayo’s request for next Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final replay with Kerry in Limerick to be postponed and held in Croke Park seven days later is unlikely to be entertained by the GAA.

With just over three weeks to the Croke Park Classic, a programme of events around the American College football game between Penn State and the University of Central Florida (UCF) has been announced.

John Ri Manhattan College, a modestly-sized third level institution in the Bronx with a modestly-ranked athletics department, resonates quite deeply with the GAA in New York.

A 7.3% increase in the number of tourists was recorded in the first three months of this year compared to the same period last year.

Irish tourism has enjoyed a bumper year with record numbers of visitors from most countries with the exception of Britain.

Next August’s College Football Croke Park Classic will bring Bandon’s Sean Galvin home. John Riordan spoke to the University of Florida kicker ahead of today’s clash at Penn State. Getting to one day play in Croke Park was the plan all along for Sean Galvin.

Getting to one day play in Croke Park was the plan all along for Sean Galvin.

Páraic Duffy loves American sport.

Thousands of American football fans are expected in Dublin next year for the opening game in the college football season.