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04th Sep 2016

From Bolivia to Vancouver, the All-Ireland final was seen all over the world

Next step, global domination

Ben Kiely

The name “Bubbles” O’Dwyer was heard in every corner of the globe as the Irish abroad tuned in to the All-Ireland hurling final in Croke Park.

Tipperary are the All-Ireland champions after comprehensively beating Kilkenny by 2-29 to 2-20 on the first Sunday of September.

Ireland’s GAA heads were captivated by the match, but it wasn’t just Roisn Dubh who was looking at RTE’s live coverage of the game.

Thanks to GAAGO, the streaming service from the GAA and RTÉ, GAA fans from distant lands such as Bolivia and some little-known land known as USA (yeah, we hadn’t heard of it either) were checking out the high-octane hurling action on show in our nation’s capital.

Of course, this means that Bubbles O’Dwyer’s f-bomb was also heard across the world, which is a pretty entertaining thought.

Here’s a selection of some of the countries who have been able to watch the game today through the magical force known as the world wide web.

Serbia

Bolivia

Belgium

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New Zealand

Canada

USA

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