The NFL has grown massively popular in Ireland in recent years, with the legions of fans tuning in every Sunday to watch games seemingly growing season on season.
The sport has long been the most watched code in the United States, with NFL Sundays drawing in huge television audiences each week. However, the sport has become increasingly global over the last decade or so.
Each season sees a number of NFL regular season games held in overseas territories, with London having hosted fixtures for almost two decades. The likes of Mexico and Germany have also held matches over the last few years, while Brazil will host its first regular season game next month.
While it may not be the biggest market, it seems as though Ireland is also on the list of potential hosts.
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Dublin has been host to one fixture between NFL teams in the past, with the Pittsburgh Steelers facing the Chicago Bears in a pre-season game back in 1997.
It seems that the Steelers are now keen to make a return to Ireland, as possibly as early as 2025. Speaking on the broadcast of their pre-season game against the Houston Texans on Friday, their owner Art Rooney II
I think there's a good chance in the 2025 season that we'll have an international game. Of course that's up to the league, not up to us. We're kind of due for that and we are expecting it could be in Mexico or Ireland.
We played a preseason game in Ireland back in the 1990s and it was a lot of fun and well received.
We have a lot of Steelers fans in Ireland and it would be fun to get over there again.
The Steelers have made a big marketing push in Ireland over the last 12 months or so, gaining marketing rights in the country and agreeing to have their pre-season fixtures broadcast on Virgin Media this summer.
The Pennsylvania city has quite a few Irish links, with their owners the Rooney family also having a strong association with the country.
They are clearly keen to bring the NFL back to Ireland in the near future.
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