The Emmy Award-winning US TV show 60 Minutes Sports will explain the rules and history of hurling to an American audience next Tuesday night, October 6.

Entitled Hurling: Ireland's National Obsession, the programme features interviews with President Michael D Higgins and former Cork goalkeeper Donal Óg Cusack. It is set to be watched by millions on SHOWTIME,

"The ancient Irish game of hurling combines the skills of baseball, hockey, lacrosse and rugby in what some have termed a cross between sport and murder," a promo for the programme states.

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