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'Game of Thrones' saved farmer's business!

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Press Trust of India London
"Game of Thrones" is not only one of the biggest TV shows in the world but it has also helped save the business of a farmer in Northern Ireland.

Forthill Farm in County Armagh was struggling to make ends meet until it's animals featured in the TV series.

Farmer Kenny Gracey said that the show's demand for animals "has been a great asset and a great saviour for our farm", reported Digital Spy.

"Any of the background animals, the chickens, the goats the geese, the dogs for instance or the deer. I'm supplying those," he said.

Meanwhile, the show's direwolves might look like they come from a fantasy word, but in reality, they're from County Down.
 

The Northern Inuit dogs Thor and Odin played the Stark companions 'Summer' and 'Greywind' and now get fans from all over the world coming to see them.

William Mulhall, who runs 'Direwolf Tours', said: "I got a phone call one day from the breeder, who had owned them saying that some TV show wants to use my dogs in it.

"So I brought the dogs up to the breeder's house where the trainers from 'Game of Thrones' were and they had pictures and then that was it, that's how it began."

"Game of Thrones" returns in 2018.

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First Published: Jan 01 2017 | 6:02 PM IST

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