Shinty/Hurling International Series

Shinty-Hurling International Series

Sport	Shinty-Hurling
Inaugural season	1896
No. of teams	2
Country	Scotland Ireland
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Scotland
Most titles	Scotland (16 titles)
TV partner(s)	BBC Two (Scotland) TG4 (Ireland) RTÉ Two (Ireland)

The Shinty/Hurling International Series is an annual sports competition played annually between the Ireland national hurling team (selected by the Gaelic Athletic Association) and Scotland national shinty team (selected by the Camanachd Association). The series is conducted according to the rules of Shinty/Hurling, which is a hybrid sport consisting of a mixture of rules from the Scottish sport of Shinty and the Irish sport of Hurling.

Matches are played at men's senior, men's under 21 and women's levels, with Ireland having had the most success in recent years, winning the last six senior series.^[1]

History

The first known international fixture between a Scottish shinty team and Irish hurling team occurred in 1896, when the London Camanchd and London GAA local clubs met in a friendly. The following year, the first official series featuring an amalgamation of rules from both sports, occurred at Celtic Park in Scotland between Glasgow Cowal and Dublin Celtic. International tests between all-Scotland and all-Ireland teams were played intermittently prior to World War II, though the anti-British sentiment of the GAA prevented a formalised series from occurring until the 1970s.^[2] It was not until 2003 that the Camanachd Association and the Gaelic Athletic Association committed to a yearly series, though in recent years the series has been changed from a single test series to a two test aggregate points series.^[3]

In 2013, a sport, known as Iomain, which incorporates a stick that is created specifically for the hybrid game, was trialled at Croke Park, with a view to it being introduced as a replacement for the current series.^[4] Currently, the scoring system operates as follows:^[5]

• Goal = 3 points
• Over = 2 points (if struck from a free or from more than 65 metres)
• Over = 1 point (from general run of play)

Results

Men

Tournament	Date	Host nation	Result	Venue	Series winner	Reference
1896	26 December	England	Ireland 3 Scotland 0	Lea Bridge, London	Ireland	[6]
1897	May	Scotland	Scotland 11 Ireland 2	Celtic Park, Glasgow	Scotland won 17 to 6 on aggregate	[7]
	May	England	Scotland 4 Ireland 4	Stamford Bridge, London
	17 July	Ireland	Scotland 2 Ireland 0	Jones Road, Dublin
No competition 1898-1921
1922	unknown	Scotland	Scotland 5–1 Ireland 3–0		Scotland
No competition 1923
1924		Ireland	Scotland 2 Ireland 1	Croke Park, Dublin	Scotland
No competition 1925-1931
1932		Ireland	Scotland 6 Ireland 1	Croke Park, Dublin	Scotland
1933		Scotland	Ireland 1 Scotland 0	Shieldhall Park, Glasgow	Ireland
No competition 1934-1946
1947		Scotland	Ireland 3 Scotland 2	Edinburgh	Ireland
No competition 1948-1971
1972	5 August	Scotland	Ireland 6–4 Scotland 4–5	Bught Park, Inverness	Ireland
1973		Ireland	Ireland 2–16 Scotland 2–7	Croke Park, Dublin	Ireland
1974		Scotland	Ireland 3–8 Scotland 1–6	Bught Park, Inverness	Ireland
No competition 1975
1976		Scotland	Scotland 5 Ireland 5	Glasgow	Draw
1977		Ireland	Ireland 5 Scotland 1	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork	Ireland
1978		Scotland	Ireland 7 Scotland 3	An Aird, Fortwilliam	Ireland
1979		Isle of Man	Ireland 7 Scotland 3	Douglas	Ireland
No competition 1980-1992
1993		Scotland	unknown	Bught Park, Inverness	Scotland
1994		Ireland	Ireland 3 Scotland 3	Athenry	Draw
1995		Scotland	unknown	An Aird, Fortwilliam	Scotland
1996		Ireland	unknown	Cusack Park, Ennis	Scotland
1997		Scotland	unknown	Bught Park, Inverness	Scotland
1998		Ireland	unknown	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny	Scotland
No competition 1999-2002
2003	25 October	Scotland	Ireland 5–9 Scotland 1–13	Bught Park, Inverness	Ireland
2004	16 October	Ireland	Ireland 3–10 Scotland 4–7	Ratoath, County Meath	Draw	Report
2005	8 October	Scotland	Scotland 4–8 Ireland 2–11	Bught Park, Inverness	Scotland
2006	5 November	Ireland	Scotland 2–13 Ireland 2–5	Croke Park, Dublin	Scotland
2007	13 October	Scotland	Scotland 4–10 Ireland 0–11	An Aird, Fortwilliam	Scotland
2008	18 October	Ireland	Scotland 1–10 Ireland 1–9	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny	Scotland
2009	31 October	Scotland	Ireland 2–8 Scotland 1–8	Bught Park, Inverness	Ireland
2010	30 October	Ireland	Ireland 2–15 Scotland 2–16	Croke Park, Dublin	Ireland win 7–21 to 5–23 on aggregate	Report
	13 November	Scotland	Scotland 3–7 Ireland 5–6	Bught Park, Inverness		Report
2011	22 October	Ireland	Ireland 1–16 Scotland 2–8	Geraldine Park, Athy	Ireland win 3–25 to 3–19 on aggregate	Report
	29 October	Scotland	Scotland 1–11 Ireland 2–9	Bught Park, Inverness		Report
2012	20 October	Scotland	Scotland 2–9 (19) Ireland 3–10 (25)	Bught Park, Inverness	Ireland win 11–21 (76) to 6–12 (42) on aggregate	Report
	27 October	Ireland	Ireland 8–11 (51) Scotland 4–3 (23)	Cusack Park, Ennis		Report
2013	26 October	Ireland	Ireland 4–12 (24) Scotland 2–12 (18)	Croke Park, Dublin	Ireland win 5–27 (42) to 2–26 (32) on aggregate	Report
	2 November	Scotland	Scotland 0–14 (14) Ireland 1–15 (18)	Bught Park, Inverness		Report
2014	18 October	Scotland	Scotland 3–14 (23) Ireland 2–8 (14)	Bught Park, Inverness	Ireland win 4–26 (38) to 3–22 (31) on aggregate	Report
	25 October	Ireland	Ireland 2–18 (24) Scotland 0–8 (8)	Pairc Esler, Newry		Report
2015	24 October	Scotland	Scotland 3–15 (24) Ireland 2–8 (14)	Bught Park, Inverness	Scotland win 5-23 (38) to 4-18 (30) on aggregate	Report
	21 November	Ireland	Ireland 2-10 (16) Scotland 2-8 (14)	Croke Park, Dublin		Report
2016	22 October	Scotland	Scotland 0–14 (14) Ireland 0–5 (5)	Bught Park, Inverness	Scotland	Report

Women

The women's game is also referred to as Shinty/Camogie. The following is an incomplete table of recent results (missing results from 2011–13).

• 2003 Oct 25 Ireland 5–9 Scotland 1–13 Inverness
• 2004 Oct 16 Ireland 3–10 Scotland 4–7 Ratoath
• 2005 Oct 8 Scotland 4–8 Ireland 2–11 Bught Park, Inverness
• 2006 Nov 9 Scotland 2–13 Ireland 2–5 Croke Park,
• 2007 Oct 13 Scotland 4–10 Ireland 0–11 An Aird, Fort William
• 2008 Oct 18 Scotland 1–10 Ireland 1–9 Nowlan Park,
• 2009 Oct 31 Ireland 2–2 Scotland 0–0 Bught Park, Inverness^[8]
• 2010 Oct 30 Ireland 6–9 Scotland 2–2 Ratoath^[9]
• 2014 Oct 28 Scotland 4-2 (12) def. Ireland 1-6 (9)^[10]

All-time standings

Men

Country	Series won	Series drawn	Matches won	Matches drawn	Total scores
Ireland	16	align="centre" |18 (of 41)	4 (of 41)	47–191 (354)^2
Scotland	14	align="centre" |19 (of 41)	4 (of 41)	39–186 (315)^2

² Goals in 2012 series worth 5 points

See also

• Composite rules shinty–hurling
  • Ireland national hurling team
  • Scotland national shinty team
• International Rules Series

References

1. "Preview: Hurling/Shinty International First Test". GAA.ie. 22 October 2015. Ireland have recorded comfortable wins over their Celtic cousins in each of the last six instalments of the competition as it stands, which is being played for the 14th time this year but can be traced back as far as 1897, but have never had it easy in Bught Park.
2. A beginners guide to shinty-hurling
3. International shinty-hurling test 2014: Preview (GAA.ie)
4. See here
5. Shinty: Scots confident ahead of Irish showdown (BBC Scotland)
6. "BBC - A Sporting Nation - The first combined shinty/hurling match 1897". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
7. "BBC - A Sporting Nation - The first combined shinty/hurling match 1897". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
8. 2009 Ireland 2–2 Scotland 0–0 report on camogie.ie and fromargull.com
9. 2010 Ireland 6–9 Scotland 2–2 report on Camogie.ie
10. Shinty/Camogie 2014 match report

External links

• 2010 Series First Test – from YouTube