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Star man Chris Hadfield tries his hand at hurling in Dublin

The Canadian astronaut isn’t a good lad; but he’ll stop a good lad from playing.

SOME FOREIGN SPORTS fans think you’d have to be a spacer to play hurling.

And today Colonel Chris Hadfield — the astronaut who charmed the country with his tweets as Gaeilge from the International Space Station — has tried his hand at the fastest field game on earth™.

The Canadian is in Ireland this week to take up a new role as a tourism ambassador for Ireland and this morning was shown how to hurl in Dublin. He may be able to sing David Bowie while in zero gravity but how is he under a high dropping ball?

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    Jan 10th 2014, 2:31 PM

    Jesus Christ I love that man!

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    Jan 10th 2014, 3:43 PM

    Is he a ciotóg? Left hand is nearest the top the stick. Easier keep your eye on it and connect with the sweet spot of the sliotar in zero gravity I’d say.

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    Jan 10th 2014, 4:02 PM

    He is swinging on the right so I’d say not. Just holding the hurley baseball style.

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    Jan 10th 2014, 2:21 PM

    … check ignition and may God’s live be with you …

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    Jan 10th 2014, 7:48 PM

    What next? Will we see a photograph of him drinking a pint of Guinness?

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    Jan 11th 2014, 3:18 AM

    Or possibly being a cynical blogger on thescore.ie

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    Jan 10th 2014, 4:50 PM

    Got his book for Christmas
    We should adopt him!

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    Jan 12th 2014, 4:54 AM

    He is inspirational for all the right reasons. A true icon that our kids can look up to

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    Jan 11th 2014, 8:20 PM

    Man’s a legend – should be naturalised & made President after Michael D

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