Ireland v Scotland 2010

Date	Location	Home		Away
30.10.10	Croke Park	Ireland	2-16 (22)	Scotland	2-17 (23)
13.11.10	Bught Park	Scotland		Ireland

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Ireland v Scotland 2011

Date	Location	Home		Away
	2011
2011	Athy, Kildare	Ireland	1-16 (19)	Scotland	2-8 (14)
29.10.11	Bught Park	Scotland	1-11 (14)	Ireland	2-9 (15)
	Ireland won series 34-28 on aggregate

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Ireland v Scotland 2012

Date	Location	Home		Away
20.10.12	Bught Park	Scotland	2-9 (19)	Ireland	3-10 (25)
27.10.12	Cusack Park	Ireland	8-11 (51)	Scotland	4-3 (23)
	Ireland won series 76-42 on aggregate

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Ireland v Scotland 2013

Date	Location	Home		Away
26.10.13	Croke Park	Ireland	4-12 (24)	Scotland	2-12 (18)
02.11.13	Bught Park	Scotland	0-14 (14)	Ireland	1-15 (18)
	Ireland won series 36-32 on aggregate

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Ireland v Scotland 2014

Date	Location	Home		Away
18.10.14	Bught Park	Scotland	3-14 (23)	Ireland	2-8 (14)
25.10.14	Pairc Esler	Ireland	2-18 (24)	Scotland	0-8 (8)
	Ireland won series 38-31 on aggregate

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Ireland v Scotland 2015

Date	Location	Home		Away
24.10.15	Bught Park	Scotland	3-15 (24)	Ireland	2-8 (14)
21.11.15	Croke Park	Ireland	2-1-8 (16)	Scotland	2-4-0 (14)
	Scotland won series 38-30 on aggregate

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Venues

Venue	Location
Bught Park	Inverness, Highlands, Scotland
Croke Park	Dublin, Ireland
Cusack Park	Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland
Pairc Esler	Newry, Co. Down, Ireland
Fort William	Highlands, Scotland
Athy	Co. Kildare, Ireland
Ratoath	Co. Meath, Ireland

Report

The first Hurling-Shinty International Rules match was played back in 1897 in Glasgow between Cowal (Scotland) and Celtic (Dublin). [1]

There have been regular Internationals between Ireland and Scotland since 2000.

Shinty is very similar to Hurling and the two games would have the same Gaelic Celtic origin with Shinty most popular in Gaelic Scots part of Scotland, particularly the Highlands. The game, however, does not include over-the-bar points, only goals and there is less play in the air than in Hurling.

The scoring system is three points for a goal and one for a point (over-the-bar). In 2012 an experimental scoring system was used whereby a goal was worth 5 points. From 2000-2003 a scoring system was employed whereby a goal was worth 6 points, an ‘over’ 3 points, and a ‘behind’ (a score into posts either side of the two main posts) 1 point.

13-a-side or 14-a-side have both been employed, halfway between Hurling’s 15-a-side and Shinty’s 12-a-side. Bot teams play with their own sticks, so it is a game played with two different sets of equipment.

In 2010 the series became a home-and-away series with the aggregate score over two legs deciding the winners. During this period Ireland won from 2011-2014, though the series reverted to a single game in 2016

References

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Sources

[1] (2010) “Dooley hails Scottish ground skills as Ireland edged out”. Irish Independent. Monday, November 1, 2010. p. 42-43.

Past copies of the Irish Independent and Nenagh Guardian can be found at the Irish Newspaper Archive which is a subscription service: http://www.irishnewsarchive.com

Websites

[1] Gaelic Athletic Association (2010) Scots draw first blood in Hurling-Shinty International [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/scots-draw-first-blood-hurling-shinty-international/ [Accessed 28 October 2016]

[2] Gaelic Athletic Association (2011) Ireland win Hurling/Shinty series [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/ireland-win-hurling-shinty-series/ [Accessed 28 October 2016]

[3] Gaelic Athletic Association (2012) Horgan leads Ireland to Victory despite late stumble [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/horgan-leads-ireland-victory-despite-late-stumble/ [Accessed 28 October 2016]

[4] Gaelic Athletic Association (2012) Ireland ease to comfortable series win [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/ireland-ease-comfortable-series-win/ [Accessed 28 October 2016]

[5] Gaelic Athletic Association (2013) Ireland win Hurling-Shinty first test [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/ireland-win-hurling-shinty-first-test/ [Accessed 28 October 2016]

[6] Gaelic Athletic Association (2013) Ireland claim Hurling-Shinty series [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/ireland-claim-hurling-shinty-series/ [Accessed 28 October 2016]

[7] Gaelic Athletic Association (2014) Shinty/Hurling: Bartlett seals fine win for Scots [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/shinty-hurling-bartlett-seals-fine-win-for-scots-112204/ [Accessed 28 October 2016]

[8] Gaelic Athletic Association (2014) Price stars as Ireland fight back to retain series [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/price-stars-ireland-fight-back-retain-series-112167/ [Accessed 28 October 2016]

[9] Gaelic Athletic Association (2015) Hurling/Shinty: Scotland too good in first test [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/hurling-shinty-scotland-too-good-first-test-109936/ [Accessed 28 October 2016]

[10] Gaelic Athletic Association (2015) Ireland finish strongly to claim Hurling-Shinty win [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/ireland-finish-strongly-claim-hurling-shinty-win-109794/ [Accessed 28 October 2016]

Images

[11] Donegal Daily (2017) GAA Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.donegaldaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/gaa-logo.png [Accessed 2 December 2017]

[12] Camanachd Association (2017) Camanachd Association Logo [Internet] https://www.shinty.com/uploads/news-images/_w800fit/camanach-logo-wide.jpg [Accessed 9 March 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Conor Connolly-Mulcahy & Dara Conolly-Mulcahy

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