Pic: Sliotar-gazing: Commander Chris Hadfield plays some hurling in Dublin

In his continued bid to be more Irish than the rest of us, Commander Chris Hadfield recently tried his hand at hurling in Dublin.

While on a visit to Na Fianna GAA Club in Glasnevin, Dublin, earlier today, Commander Hadfield had a belt of a sliotar and he certainly meant business, judging by the concentration on his face that is…

Commander Chris Hatfield hurling in Na Fianna, a promising junior prospect pic.twitter.com/0VYn4AqI63 — CLG Na Fianna (@clgNaFianna) January 10, 2014

Commander Hadfield, or "Hatfield" as the CLG Na Fianna tweet calls him, is in the country this week as he has agreed to become a tourism ambassador for Ireland and according to a recent tweet he’s hoping to learn “a cúpla focal” while he’s here.

Good Morning, Ireland! Happily headed to Dublin and Belfast, hoping to learn a cúpla focals http://t.co/lrLSArSNue pic.twitter.com/9Izp2kSbVr — Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 9, 2014