| Shinty–Hurling International Series | |
| Sport: | Composite rules shinty–hurling |
| Inaugural: | 2003 |
| Teams: | 2 |
| Country: | Scotland  Ireland |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Champion: | Ireland (8) |
| Champ Season: | 2023 |
| Most Successful Club: | Scotland (9) |
| Tv: | BBC Two (Scotland) TG4 (Ireland) RTÉ Two (Ireland) |
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.
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]
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]
See main article: List of Shinty-Hurling international matches between Ireland and Scotland. 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.
| width=10xp | No. | width=10xp | Year | width=110xp | Date | width=85xp | Host nation | width=140xp | Result | width=100xp | Venue | Winner | Series winner | width=20xp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2003 | 25 October | Scotland | Ireland 5–9 (24) Scotland 1–13 (16) | Bught Park, Inverness | Ireland | Ireland | ||||||||
| 2 | 2004 | 16 October | Ireland | Ireland 3–10 (19) Scotland 4–7 (19) | Seán Eiffe Park, Ratoath | align=center colspan=2 | Draw | [9] | |||||||
| 3 | 2005 | 8 October | Scotland | Scotland 4–8 (20) Ireland 2–11 (17) | Bught Park, Inverness | Scotland | Scotland | ||||||||
| 4 | 2006 | 5 November | Ireland | Scotland 2–13 (19) Ireland 2–5 (11) | Croke Park, Dublin | Scotland | Scotland | ||||||||
| 5 | 2007 | 13 October | Scotland | Scotland 4–10 (22) Ireland 0–11 (11) | An Aird, Fort William | Scotland | Scotland | ||||||||
| 6 | 2008 | 18 October | Ireland | Scotland 1–10 (13) Ireland 1–9 (12) | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny | Scotland | Scotland | ||||||||
| 7 | 2009 | 31 October | Scotland | Ireland 2–8 (14) Scotland 1–8 (11) | Bught Park, Inverness | Ireland | Ireland | ||||||||
| 8 | 2010 | 30 October | Ireland | Ireland 2–15 (21) Scotland 2–16 (22) | Croke Park, Dublin | Scotland | Ireland win 7–21 (42) to 5–23 (38) on aggregate | ||||||||
| 9 | 13 November | Scotland | Scotland 3–7 (16) Ireland 5–6 (21) | Bught Park, Inverness | Ireland | [10] | |||||||||
| 10 | 2011 | 22 October | Ireland | Ireland 1–16 (19) Scotland 2–8 (14) | Geraldine Park, Athy | Ireland | Ireland win 3–25 (36) to 3–19 (28) on aggregate | [11] | |||||||
| 11 | 29 October | Scotland | Scotland 1–11 (14) Ireland 2–9 (15) | Bught Park, Inverness | Ireland | [12] | |||||||||
| 12 | 2012 | 20 October | Scotland | Scotland 2–9 (19) Ireland 3–10 (25) | Bught Park, Inverness | Ireland | Ireland win 11–21 (76) to 6–12 (42) on aggregate | [13] | |||||||
| 13 | 27 October | Ireland | Ireland 8–11 (51) Scotland 4–3 (23) | Cusack Park, Ennis | Ireland | [14] | |||||||||
| 14 | 2013 | 26 October | Ireland | Ireland 4–12 (24) Scotland 2–12 (18) | Croke Park, Dublin | Ireland | Ireland win 5–27 (42) to 2–26 (32) on aggregate | [15] | |||||||
| 15 | 2 November | Scotland | Scotland 0–14 (14) Ireland 1–15 (18) | Bught Park, Inverness | Ireland | [16] | |||||||||
| 16 | 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 | [17] | ||||||||
| 17 | 25 October | Ireland | Ireland 2–18 (24) Scotland 0–8 (8) | Pairc Esler, Newry | Ireland | [18] | |||||||||
| 18 | 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 | [19] | ||||||||
| 19 | 21 November | Ireland | Ireland 2–10 (16) Scotland 2–8 (14) | Croke Park, Dublin | Ireland | [20] | |||||||||
| 20 | 2016 | 22 October | Scotland | Scotland 0–14 (14) Ireland 0–5 (5) | Bught Park, Inverness | Scotland | [21] | ||||||||
| 21 | 2017 | 21 October | Scotland | Scotland 2-12 (18) Ireland 0-15 (15) | Bught Park, Inverness | Scotland | [22] | ||||||||
| 22 | 2018 | 20 October | Scotland | Scotland 1-11 (14) Ireland 1-9 (12) | Bught Park, Inverness | Scotland | [23] | ||||||||
| 23 | 2019 | 2 November | Ireland | Scotland 5-11 (26) Ireland 0-4 (4) | Abbotstown | Scotland | [24] | ||||||||
| align=center colspan="9" | The 2020–2022 fixtures were postponed by agreement of the Camanachd Association and the GAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[25] | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 2023 | 21 October | Ireland | Ireland 0–22 (22) Scotland 2–8 (14) | [26] |
The women's game is also referred to as shinty–camogie. The following is an incomplete table of recent results.
| 1 | 2003 | 25 October | Scotland | Scotland 1–13 (16) Ireland 5–9 (24) | Bught Park, Inverness | Ireland | ||
| 2 | 2004 | October 16 | Ireland | Ireland 3–10 Scotland 4–7 | Ratoath, Meath | Draw | ||
| 3 | 2005 | October 8 | Scotland | Scotland 4–8 Ireland 2–11 | Bught Park, Inverness | Scotland | ||
| 4 | 2006 | November 9 | Ireland | Scotland 2–13 Ireland 2–5 | Croke Park, Dublin | Scotland | ||
| 5 | 2007 | October 13 | Scotland | Scotland 4–10 Ireland 0–11 | An Aird, Fort William | Scotland | ||
| 6 | 2008 | October 18 | Ireland | Scotland 1–10 Ireland 1–9 | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny | Scotland | [27] | |
| 7 | 2009 | October 31 | Scotland | Ireland 2–2 Scotland 0–0 | Bught Park, Inverness | Ireland | [28] [29] | |
| 8 | 2010 | October 30 | Ireland | Ireland 6–9 (27) Scotland 2–2 (8) | Ratoath, Meath | Ireland | [30] [31] | |
| 9 | 2012 | October 28 | Ireland | Clare Camogie Select 1–2 (5) Scotland 5–6 (21) | Fr. McNamara Park, Doora | Scotland | [32] | |
| 10 | 2013 | November 6 | Scotland | Scotland 3–4 (13) County Dublin 2–5 (11) | Bught Park, Inverness | Scotland | [33] | |
| 11 | 2014 | October 28 | Ireland | Down Camogie Select 1–6 (9) Scotland 4–2 (14) | Pairc Esler, Newry | Scotland | [34] [35] | |
| 12 | 2015 | October 24 | Scotland | Scotland 5–4 (19) Kildare Camogie Select 0–1 (1) | Bught Park, Inverness | Scotland | [36] | |
| 13 | 2016 | October 22 | Scotland | Scotland 0–2 (2) County Dublin 3–3 (12) | Bught Park, Inverness | Dublin | [37] |
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 2023 fixture
| Country | Series won | Series drawn | Matches won | Matches drawn | Total scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 50–256 (428)* | |
| 9 | 11 | 51–250 (415)* | |||
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Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was last set.
| Record | Ireland | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| Longest winning streak | 7 (13 November 2010 – 2 November 2013) | 4 (22 October 2016 – 2 November 2019) |
| Largest points for | ||
| Home | 8-11 (51) (27 October 2012)* | 3-15 (24) (24 October 2015) |
| Away | 3-10 (25) (20 October 2012)* | 5-11 (26) (2 November 2019) |
| Largest winning margin | ||
| Home | 28 (27 October 2012)* | 11 (13 October 2007) |
| Away | 8 (25 October 2003) | 22 (2 November 2019) |
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