2020 Showcase Update
Following the announcement that the Aer Lingus College Football Classic will not be played on August 29 at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, Global Football will not host its partner event, the Dublin High School Football Showcase.
Four high school American football teams and a field hockey team were due to travel to Ireland from August 25-30 along with many family and friends, among the 39,566 US visitors booked to travel for the College Football Season Opener. Read Full Release
2021 Showcase
With the university game set for 2021, U.S. High School teams will travel to Dublin and compete in an official game the Friday before the Aer Lingus Classic. All the prep school players will enjoy the big NCAA contest, along with a parade and pep rally.
In 2012, 12 visiting teams thrilled local fans in Dublin and County Meath the night before Notre Dame and Navy met for the first time in Ireland’s capital. Two years later a pair of Pennsylvania rivals clashed at the UCD Bowl on the eve of the Penn State versus UCF meeting at Croke Park. In 2016, six teams played a triple-header of high school games at Donnybrook Stadium as the curtain-raiser to Georgia Tech facing Boston College at the Aviva Stadium.