For the fifth consecutive year, Week 0 of the college football season features a showdown in Ireland, as TCU and North Carolina meet in Dublin on Saturday for the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. Teams that have lost the Week 0 Dublin game since 2022 have finished with a collective record of 17-31, including two squads that started the next year with a new coach.

The Aer Lingus Classic has consistently delivered down-to-the-wire football. Last year's "Farmageddon" clash was clinched on a late fourth-down conversion by Iowa State, and Georgia Tech upset then-No. 10 Florida State with a walk-off field goal in 2024. Three of the last four games have been decided by just three points each.

UNC will seek revenge after TCU spoiled head coach Bill Belichick's first game in Chapel Hill with a rout in the teams' Week 1 meeting last fall. With Dublin in the season-opening spirit, here are the top sights and sounds from around the city ahead of the Horned Frogs and Tar Heels matchup.