Ceilidh for Isle of Skye shinty club

[Jock Scot]

Jock, can you tell me if there is any connection between shinty and hurling?

I THINK hurling is more of an Irish game,it is played in Scotland, but not much.There are I THINK 15 per side in a hurling team whilst 11 a side for shinty. The hurling goal is a cross between a soccer goal and rugby posts I am not sure how the scoring works and I THINK the hurling stick is not shaped like a shinty stick(caman). There you go, I have exhausted my knowlege on hurling and even that may be wrong!

THE shinty teams of repute would include, Fort William, Kilmallie,Kingussie,Newtonmore,Oban.

[The Thing]

I THINK hurling is more of an Irish game,it is played in Scotland, but not much.There are I THINK 15 per side in a hurling team whilst 11 a side for shinty. The hurling goal is a cross between a soccer goal and rugby posts I am not sure how the scoring works and I THINK the hurling stick is not shaped like a shinty stick(caman). There you go, I have exhausted my knowlege on hurling and even that may be wrong!

THE shinty teams of repute would include, Fort William, Kilmallie,Kingussie,Newtonmore,Oban.

Nope not wrong, Shinty and Hurling evolved from the one game and it has been said with some strong evidence that Ice Hockey game about from the two games. Hurley sticks also called Camans and the ball is called a sliotar. Early Camans look very different to the modern ones, 100 years ago they almost looked like Shinty sticks.
Another interesting thing is that games (The two games) were played between village, town and countryside, sometimes they could last days. The two sports were also used to train warriors in fitness and drill.
Brilliant games but unless you play from an early age, almost impossible to ever get the hang of.
There is still a type of early Hurling played in Ireland every year called The Poc fada (The Long hit) the object of the game is to hit with the least amount of shots along the Cooley Mountains in County Louth.
Home of the legendry Cu Chulainn, The Hound of Ulster.

[Hailkeepur]

The Ceilidh for Skye last Sat was a huge success lots of great music, singing, dancing and drinking. The Skye Boys along with a couple of subs from our local club went on to beat the Irish 10 to 4 in a Compromise Rules Shinty-Hurling on Sunday. No small accomplishment as several of the Skye Boys had not made it to bed after the Ceilidh. These Compromise rules between Scottish and Irish teams have been going on since the 1920's and in part are intended to shown both the common roots of the sports but also how each has evolved in it's own way. We will be having Shinty Matches at the Pleasanton Games this upcoming weekend.

[Alan H]

The Ceilidh for Skye last Sat was a huge success lots of great music, singing, dancing and drinking. The Skye Boys along with a couple of subs from our local club went on to beat the Irish 10 to 4 in a Compromise Rules Shinty-Hurling on Sunday. No small accomplishment as several of the Skye Boys had not made it to bed after the Ceilidh. These Compromise rules between Scottish and Irish teams have been going on since the 1920's and in part are intended to shown both the common roots of the sports but also how each has evolved in it's own way. We will be having Shinty Matches at the Pleasanton Games this upcoming weekend.

I'll send some friends over to check you guys out this weekend.