"We have people who'll drive up to eight hours just to come and see the finals, " says Gary Fitzgibbon of the Irish Club of Western Australia.

"We're one of only two pubs in the entire state of Western Australia that would be showing the matches live and people really do make the effort to come and see them.

"Even though the matches won't start until about 11.30pm here, we'll still have a full house with about 400 people turning up to watch the finals. We've been getting great crowds every Sunday throughout the championships with about 150 to 200 people showing up every week. Even more turn up when Dublin are playing and most of the Irish population in Perth would be here."

"We would get the occasional local who wanders in to see what it's all about, but it's only ever a couple of them, " says Fergal McCauley, manager of PJ O'Brien's in Sydney.

"The crowd would be mainly made up of backpackers and ex-pats. We show repeats of the matches all week, and they're always very popular."

Although it's not a traditional stronghold for the GAA, fans in Rio de Janeiro will also be able to watch the matches as they happen.

"We would usually get a good crowd in here anyway, but for the All Irelands it is always completely packed, " says Marcelo Millem of The Irish Pub in the city.

"We'd get most of the Irish people in Rio in to watch, and there's always a great atmosphere."

The Buenos Aires Hurling Club . . . which is currently awaiting a decision on its application to the 'Irish Abroad' unit of the Department of Foreign Affairs for a grant of 35,000 to help with the upgrading of facilities at its grounds . . . is also expected to show the games.

"This year, as always, there is huge demand to see the All Ireland finals in pubs and homes overseas, " said Eleanor Collier of Setanta Sports, which has the rights to show the matches across the world.

There will be special screenings of the games for Irish troops serving abroad in areas such as Kosovo. And while a full list is not yet available, the matches will also be shown in pubs across America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, parts of South America and the Middle East.