Shinty/Hurling International Series

Shinty/Hurling International Series

Sport	Shinty/Hurling
Founded	1896
Inaugural season	2003
No. of teams	2 (Scotland & Ireland)
Country	Scotland Ireland
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Ireland
Most titles	Ireland (7 titles)
TV partner(s)	BBC Two (Scotland) TG4 (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 (2003–09)

• One test match per year

Tournament	Date	Host nation	Result	Venue	Winner	Reference
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 2005	Scotland	Scotland 4–8 Ireland 2–11	Bught Park, Inverness	Scotland
2006	5 November 2006	Ireland	Scotland 2–13 Ireland 2–5	Croke Park, Dublin	Scotland
2007	13 October	Scotland	Scotland 4–10 Ireland 0–11	An Aird, Fort William	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

Men (2010–present)

• Two test matches per year, points combined on aggregate to determine series winner

Tournament	Date	Host nation	Result	Venue	Aggregate score & series winner	Reference
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

Under 21

TBC

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^[6]
• 2010 Oct 30 Ireland 6–9 Scotland 2–2 Ratoath^[7]
• 2014 Oct 28 Scotland 4-2 (12) def. Ireland 1-6 (9)^[8]

All-time standings

Men

Country	Series won	Matches won	Total scores
Ireland	7	10 (of 18)^1	47–191 (354)^2
Scotland	5	7 (of 18)^1	39–186 (315)^2

Updated post 2015 first test
¹ One draw has occurred; in 2004
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. 2009 Ireland 2–2 Scotland 0–0 report on camogie.ie and fromargull.com
7. 2010 Ireland 6–9 Scotland 2–2 report on Camogie.ie
8. Shinty/Camogie 2014 match report

External links

• 2010 Series First Test – from YouTube