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China's biggest reality TV show is training at a GAA club in Dublin

They’re giving hurling a go.

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THERE’S A DIFFERENT crowd than normal training at Na Fianna GAA Club in Glasnevin.

Contestants from China’s biggest reality TV show, The Exploration of The World, have decamped to Dublin to learn traditional Irish skills, including football, hurling, and even a bit of Irish dancing.

The programme is watched by as many as 500 million people.

Georgina Caraher from Experience Gaelic Games, who is facilitating the training of the celebrity contestants, said that the programme was interested in doing a segment on Irish culture and, through Failte Ireland, got in touch with her organisation.

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“They’re very taken with how different and how unique hurling is,” she told RTÉ’s News at One, although said they were having mixed success with actually striking the sliotar.

She added that the group is interested in how learning how important GAA clubs are to Irish communities.

Caracher said the celebrities will be in Ireland for the next week, taking part in a range of activities culminating in a live show on Friday.

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    May 4th 2015, 9:32 PM

    The Chinese – a great bunch of lads

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    May 4th 2015, 9:50 PM

    Well done

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    May 4th 2015, 9:57 PM

    Pmsl… Ted comments always roll off the tongue here on the journal but that has to be the most appropriate use of a ted quote yet. Well done!

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    May 4th 2015, 10:02 PM

    Rehashing old tv quotes from cancelled tv shows is the height of humour.

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    May 4th 2015, 10:29 PM

    The timing of such quotes is the height of humour,
    And the unnecessary bitchiness on a funny and innocent quip is the height of ignorance.

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    May 4th 2015, 11:04 PM

    An tír is mó ar domhan agus an an spórt is fearr ar domhan. Craobh na Síne le teacht -íosfaidh siad na Cait!

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    May 4th 2015, 11:23 PM

    Father Ted was never cancelled either.

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    May 5th 2015, 12:13 AM

    Big pick

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    May 5th 2015, 12:35 AM

    U wot m8?

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    May 5th 2015, 12:44 AM

    Yer a bit of a big ole dope Damian :-)

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    May 5th 2015, 1:30 AM

    Damien, oasis or blur?

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    May 5th 2015, 1:59 AM

    Terence your joke or someone elses?

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    May 4th 2015, 10:32 PM

    I can hear Michael O’Muircheartaigh already.

    “Lu wins the breaking ball, passes it out to Chow who drills it down to Mein on the full forward line who is tackled and wins the free off Jackie Tyrrell. Lu Chow Mein – I ordered that in my local Chinese in Maynooth last night – and it too went down as easy as Mein there”

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    May 4th 2015, 10:43 PM

    I hear you’re a racist now father….

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    May 18th 2015, 8:04 AM

    It’s not the Chinese he’s after, it’s the Greeks!

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    May 4th 2015, 9:53 PM

    Its the best game in the world. My dad won a dublin championship medal in the late 60s and im still so proud

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    May 4th 2015, 9:36 PM

    Michael Rice and Lee Chin gonna pop in?

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    May 4th 2015, 9:46 PM

    Lookit I know that was a bit of a controversial comment. But in fairness I did laugh at it. Have a thumbs up

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    May 4th 2015, 10:33 PM

    +1 Mr. Hayes!!!!

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    May 4th 2015, 10:54 PM

    I really like this….wonder if we’ll ever get to see the show with subtitles…the Chinese have a great sense of humour just like us…they’ll be laughing their heads off at each other trying to hit that sliotar.
    Great for tourism.
    Anyone know where we can get a link to that show! :)

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    May 5th 2015, 1:44 AM

    You have very clearly never seen Chinese TV. It’s all recycled clichéd trash with zero artistic value. It’s all about making money. Not just for the channel, for everyone involved.

    Not that they there aren’t funny people in China, just you won’t see them on TV, like Jia Ling. Who you’ll only ever see on a (very funny, admittedly) Wrigley’s ad.

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    May 5th 2015, 5:56 AM

    Chinese TV humor is total slapstick. I think we’re a little ahead of that….

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    May 4th 2015, 11:43 PM

    500 million people! Brilliant publicity for the sport.

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    May 4th 2015, 9:38 PM

    You’re playing Sino hurling now, lads.

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    May 4th 2015, 11:41 PM

    Is it true the producer of the show is Mr Fun Hur Ling ?!

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    May 4th 2015, 9:36 PM

    The fact that people like you still exist is worrying to a lot of people.

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    May 5th 2015, 9:48 AM

    Hoo Lee Fuke

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    May 5th 2015, 12:25 PM

    What’s the craic with the black hurlies?

    Can you imagine the deforestation of Ash trees should it catch on in China? I might plant a few :-)

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