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