MAYNOOTH, Ireland — The Steelers’ trip across the pond is novel for any number of reasons, but one under-the-radar one was revealed for the first time Friday as they trekked out to the nondescript fields at the Carton House hotel

Joey Porter Jr. was Poirteir. Jalen Ramsey was Ramseigh. Jaylen Warren? O’Murnain.

The idea came from Steelers equipment manager Adam Regan, despite the team not even having last names on their usual practice jerseys in Pittsburgh the way many other NFL clubs do. Needless to say, the Rooney family was all for it, given their ancestral Irish roots.

“It’s just another ode to the Irish people and how much respect we have for the culture here,” said Dan Rooney, son of team president Art II, grandson of former U.S. ambassador to Ireland of the same name and currentl

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