Irish Teams v American High Schools 1998-2000
| Date | Irish Team | American Team | ||
| 1998 | Dublin Tigers | L | Maranatha Baptist | W |
| 2000 | Irish Lions | 12 | Mount St. Josephs HS (MD) | 36 |
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Report
In 2000, there was no Irish League and the only match played was the Ireland National Team versus Mount St. Joseph’s High School from Baltimore, Maryland. Ireland lost 36-12, but the match led to the rebirth of American Football in Ireland. [2]
The University of Limerick Vikings also played a match against Philadelphia Blue Flame – losing 22-0 to a team of Firefighters and Policemen playing in the National Services League.[3]
Ireland’s U20s lost a match in 2017, 54-6 to Team USA American Football Worldwide, a team of Elite High School students representing USA on tours throughout Europe. [4][5]
Bibliography
[2] Anon (2000) Plucky Irish Denied by Americans First Down. June 12, 2000. pg. 17.
Websites
[1] Britball Now (2016) Friendly Results against foreign opposition [1998] [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/friendly-results-against.html [Accessed 14 April 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Cillian Smith, Michael Smith, Ralph Schmeer and Michael Brophy of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association.
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