Head coach Mike Tomlin called it a “business trip” this week for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who will take on the Minnesota Vikings Sunday in Dublin, Ireland.
It might just be another game on the schedule for the Steelers. But it means a great deal for the Steelers organization as a whole and the Rooney family.
The ties between the Rooney family and Ireland are well known. The late Dan Rooney was the United States Ambassador to Ireland during the Barack Obama administration, and the Rooney family came from Ireland, eventually emigrating in Pittsburgh in 1884.