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Shinty–Hurling International Series

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6-681: 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

12-437: Is also referred to as shinty– camogie . The following is an incomplete table of recent results. This table only refers to matches played since the inception of regular Shinty–Hurling International Series fixtures in 2003. See List of Shinty-Hurling international matches between Ireland and Scotland for table including full list of fixtures. Up to date as of 2024 fixture Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when

18-524: The Irish sport of hurling . 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. 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,

24-456: The GAA prevented a formalised series from occurring until the 1970s. 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. In 2013, a sport, known as Iomain , which incorporates a stick that is created specifically for

30-587: 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. However, anti-British sentiment within

36-553: The hybrid game, was trialled at Croke Park , with a view to it being introduced as a replacement for the current series. Following a three year absence during the Covid-19 pandemic, it was announced that the series would return to Dublin in autumn 2023. Currently, the scoring system operates as follows: The list below only refers to all matches played between Ireland and Scotland since the inception of regular Shinty–Hurling International Series fixtures in 2003. The women's game

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