Shinty–Hurling International Series

The Shinty–Hurling International Series is a 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.

Shinty–Hurling International Series
SportComposite rules shinty–hurling
Inaugural season1988
No. of teams2
CountryScotland Scotland
Republic of Ireland Ireland
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)		Scotland Scotland
(2019)
Most titlesScotland Scotland (9)
TV partner(s)BBC Two (Scotland)
TG4 (Ireland)
RTÉ Two (Ireland)

Matches are played at men's senior, men's under 21 and women's levels, with Scotland having had the most success in recent years, winning the last five 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.[2] 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. There were several attempts to establish regular meetings dating back to the Tailteann Games in 1928.[3] However, anti-British sentiment within the GAA prevented a formalised series from occurring until the 1970s.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

Following a three year absence during the Covid-19 pandemic, it was announced that the series would return to Dublin in Autumn 2023.[7]

Currently, the scoring system operates as follows:[8]

  • 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
#YearDateHost nationResultVenueSeries winnerReference
1 1988 Scotland Scotland Ireland 6
Scotland 4		 Bught Park, Inverness Republic of Ireland Ireland
2 1989 Republic of Ireland Ireland Scotland 4
Ireland 5		 Croke Park, Dublin Republic of Ireland Ireland
3 1990 Scotland Scotland Scotland 5
Ireland 3		 Bught Park, Inverness Scotland Scotland
4 1991 Republic of Ireland Ireland Ireland 6
Scotland 6		 Draw
5 1992 Scotland Scotland Scotland 3
Ireland 6		 Bught Park, Inverness Republic of Ireland Ireland
6 1993 Scotland Scotland Scotland 4
Ireland 2		 Bught Park, Inverness Scotland Scotland
7 1994 Republic of Ireland Ireland Ireland 3
Scotland 3		 Draw
8 1995 Scotland Scotland Scotland 5
Ireland 4		 An Aird, Fortwilliam Scotland Scotland
9 1996 Republic of Ireland Ireland Ireland 0–10 (10)
Scotland 3–8 (17)		 Scotland Scotland
10 1997 Republic of Ireland Ireland Ireland 1–9 (12)
Scotland 3–8 (17)		 Croke Park, Dublin Scotland Scotland
11 1998 Scotland Scotland Scotland 0-12 (12)
Ireland 0-7 (7)		 Scotland Scotland
12 1999 Scotland Scotland Scotland 3-6 (15)
Ireland 2-1 (7)		 Scotland Scotland
13 2000
14 2001
15 2002
16 2003 25 October Scotland Scotland Ireland 5–9 (24)
Scotland 1–13 (16)		 Bught Park, Inverness Republic of Ireland Ireland [9]
17 2004 16 October Republic of Ireland Ireland Ireland 3–10 (19)
Scotland 4–7 (19)		 Seán Eiffe Park, Ratoath Draw [10]
18 2005 8 October Scotland Scotland Scotland 4–8 (20)
Ireland 2–11 (17)		 Bught Park, Inverness Scotland Scotland [9]
19 2006 5 November Republic of Ireland Ireland Scotland 2–13 (19)
Ireland 2–5 (11)		 Croke Park, Dublin Scotland Scotland [9]
20 2007 13 October Scotland Scotland Scotland 4–10 (22)
Ireland 0–11 (11)		 An Aird, Fort William Scotland Scotland [9]
21 2008 18 October Republic of Ireland Ireland Scotland 1–10 (13)
Ireland 1–9 (12)		 Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Scotland Scotland [9]
22 2009 31 October Scotland Scotland Ireland 2–8 (14)
Scotland 1–8 (11)		 Bught Park, Inverness Republic of Ireland Ireland [9]
23201030 OctoberRepublic of Ireland IrelandIreland 2–15 (21)
Scotland 2–16 (22)		Croke Park, DublinRepublic of Ireland Ireland win 7–21 (42) to 5–23 (38) on aggregate[9]
13 NovemberScotland ScotlandScotland 3–7 (16)
Ireland 5–6 (21)		Bught Park, Inverness[11]
24201122 OctoberRepublic of Ireland IrelandIreland 1–16 (19)
Scotland 2–8 (14)		Geraldine Park, AthyRepublic of Ireland Ireland win 3–25 (36) to 3–19 (28) on aggregate[12]
29 OctoberScotland ScotlandScotland 1–11 (14)
Ireland 2–9 (15)		Bught Park, Inverness[13]
25201220 OctoberScotland ScotlandScotland 2–9 (19)
Ireland 3–10 (25)		Bught Park, InvernessRepublic of Ireland Ireland win 11–21 (76) to 6–12 (42) on aggregate[9]
27 OctoberRepublic of Ireland IrelandIreland 8–11 (51)
Scotland 4–3 (23)		Cusack Park, Ennis[14]
26201326 OctoberRepublic of Ireland IrelandIreland 4–12 (24)
Scotland 2–12 (18)		Croke Park, DublinRepublic of Ireland Ireland win 5–27 (42) to 2–26 (32) on aggregate[15]
2 NovemberScotland ScotlandScotland 0–14 (14)
Ireland 1–15 (18)		Bught Park, Inverness[16]
27201418 OctoberScotland ScotlandScotland 3–14 (23)
Ireland 2–8 (14)		Bught Park, InvernessRepublic of Ireland Ireland win 4–26 (38) to 3–22 (31) on aggregate[17]
25 OctoberRepublic of Ireland IrelandIreland 2–18 (24)
Scotland 0–8 (8)		Pairc Esler, Newry[18]
28201524 OctoberScotland ScotlandScotland 3–15 (24)
Ireland 2–8 (14)		Bught Park, InvernessScotland Scotland win 5–23 (38) to 4–18 (30) on aggregate[19]
21 NovemberRepublic of Ireland IrelandIreland 2–10 (16)
Scotland 2–8 (14)		Croke Park, Dublin[20]
29201622 OctoberScotland ScotlandScotland 0–14 (14)
Ireland 0–5 (5)		Bught Park, InvernessScotland Scotland[21]
30201721 OctoberScotland ScotlandScotland 2-12 (18)
Ireland 0-15 (15)		Bught Park, InvernessScotland Scotland[22]
31201820 OctoberScotland ScotlandScotland 1-11 (14)
Ireland 1-9 (12)		Bught Park, InvernessScotland Scotland[23]
3220192 NovemberRepublic of Ireland IrelandScotland 5-11 (26)
Ireland 0-4 (4)		AbbotstownScotland Scotland[24]
The 2020 fixture was postponed by agreement of the Camanachd Association and the GAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[25]

Women
# Year Date Host nation Result Venue Series winner Reference
1 2003 25 October Scotland Scotland Scotland 1–13 (16)
Ireland 5–9 (24)		 Bught Park, Inverness Republic of Ireland Ireland win

The women's game is also referred to as shinty–camogie. The following is an incomplete table of recent results (missing results from 2011 to 2013).

  • 2003 Oct 25 Republic of Ireland Ireland 5–9 Scotland Scotland 1–13 Inverness
  • 2004 Oct 16 Republic of Ireland Ireland 3–10 Scotland Scotland 4–7 Ratoath
  • 2005 Oct 8 Scotland Scotland 4–8 Republic of Ireland Ireland 2–11 Bught Park, Inverness
  • 2006 Nov 9 Scotland Scotland 2–13 Republic of Ireland Ireland 2–5 Croke Park,
  • 2007 Oct 13 Scotland Scotland 4–10 Republic of Ireland Ireland 0–11 An Aird, Fort William
  • 2008 Oct 18 Scotland Scotland 1–10 Republic of Ireland Ireland 1–9 Nowlan Park,
  • 2009 Oct 31 Republic of Ireland Ireland 2–2 Scotland Scotland 0–0 Bught Park, Inverness[26]
  • 2010 Oct 30 Ireland 6–9 Scotland 2–2 Ratoath[27]
  • 2014 Oct 28 Scotland 4–2 (12) def. Ireland 1–6 (9)[28]

All-time standings

Men
Country Series won Series drawn Matches won Matches drawn Total scores
Republic of Ireland Ireland7 1 11 1 50–234 (406)*
Scotland Scotland9 11 49–242 (401)*
* Goals in 2012 series worth 5 points

See also

References
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  2. "BBC – A Sporting Nation – The first combined shinty/hurling match 1897". BBC. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
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  6. See here
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  25. https://www.shinty.com/camanachd/news/camanachd-association-announce-cancellation-of-2020-international-matches?q=hurling
  26. 2009 Ireland 2–2 Scotland 0–0 report on camogie.ie Archived 15 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine and fromargull.com Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  27. 2010 Ireland 6–9 Scotland 2–2 report on Camogie.ie Archived 15 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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