Eirball.International – Shinty and International Rules
The ancestral game to Shinty was brought to Scotland by emigrants from Ireland hundreds of years ago, and the sport has such a similarity to its’ close neighbour, Hurling, that the first Hurling-Shinty Compromise Rules game was played over 100 years ago. Other Compromise Rules sports (also known as International Rules) between Gaelic Games and related sports include Handball-Pelota, first organised by Eamonn De Valera between Ireland and the Basque Country; Compromise Rules Football between Ireland and Australia; Rounders-Softball; Rounders-Baseball; Hurlacrosse and Poc Fada Golf.
The common feature of International Rules sports is an agreement between two similar sports with a shared history to play a game featuring a compromise between the two sets of rules in question. For example, with Shinty being 12-a-side and Hurling 15-a-side, most Hurling-Shinty games have been 14-a-side. Likewise in Compromise Rules Football, 18-a-side is employed as Gaelic Football is 15-a-side and Australian Football is 21-a-side. A compromise in the scoring is also made in the Football version, with the GAA’s Goals (worth 3 GAA points)and Overs (worth 1 GAA point) combined with AFL’s Goals (worth 6 AFL points) and Behinds (worth 1 AFL point) combined to give Goals (worth 6 points), Overs (worth 3 points) and Behinds (worth 1 point).
For more details on these sports and results of games please follow the links in each section below or by clicking on the relevant links in the Navigation Bar.
International Rules
International Rules, also known as Compromise Rules is a term for a number of related sports combining the rules of GAA sports with similar sports from around the World. There is International Rules Football, played between Ireland and Australia, Hurling-Shinty, played between Ireland and Scotland, Handball-Pelota, which is Ireland v Basque Country, as well as Rounders-Baseball and Rounders-Softball (Irish teams v American, Canadian and Britsh teams), Hurlacrosse (Hurling-Lacrosse – Ireland v Iroquois Nationals), and Poc Fada Golf (A Golf Course where players use a Hurl/Hurley to hit the ball into the hole)
International Rules Football
[2] Photo Contributor: Neale Cousland (2011) MELBOURNE – SEPTEMBER 9 :James Podsiardly takes a strong mark in Geelong’s win over Hawthorn – September 9, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia. [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/melbourne-september-9-james-podsiardly-takes-84522391 [Accessed and Edited by Enda Mulcahy for Eirball 31 October 2022]
Ireland v Australia Overviews:
International Rules Football | Ireland v Australia 1984-2017
International Rules Football Ireland v Australia 1984-1990
International Rules Football Ireland v Australia 1998-2006
International Rules Football Ireland v Australia 2008-2017
Irish Counties v Galahs:
International Rules Football | Irish Counties v Galahs 1967-1978
1967: VFL Galahs won Series 2-0 v GAA Counties
Picture Credits: [1] Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (2019) Gaelic_Football_Match_Delhi_2 [Internet] Available from: https://www.dfa.ie/media/missions/india/newsevents/Gaelic_Football_Match_Delhi_2.jpg[Accessed 30 March 2021][Photo Credit: India Wolfhounds GAA] [Used with permission of DFA]
Hurling-Shinty Internationals
Featured Image Credits: [1] INVERNESS CITY, SCOTLAND – 18 OCTOBER 2014: This is a scene from within the International Shinty-Hurling match between Scotland and Eire at Bught Park, Inverness, Scotland on 18 October, 2014. By JASPERIMAGE / shutterstock.com [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/inverness-city-scotland-18-october-2014-225347293 [Accessed and Edited by Enda Mulcahy for Eirball 31 October 2022]
Hurling-Shinty Internationals
Photo Credit: INVERNESS CITY, SCOTLAND – 18 OCTOBER 2014: This is a scene from within the International Shinty-Hurling match between Scotland and Eire at Bught Park, Inverness, Scotland on 18 October, 2014. By JASPERIMAGE / shutterstock.com [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/inverness-city-scotland-18-october-2014-225347323 [Accessed and Edited by Enda Mulcahy for Eirball 31 October 2022]
Ireland v Scotland Overviews:
Hurling-Shinty International Tailteann Games Ireland v Scotland 1924-1932
Hurling-Shinty Internationals Ireland v Scotland 1972-1979
Hurling-Shinty Internationals Ireland v Scotland 1988-1999
Hurling-Shinty Internationals Ireland v Scotland 2000-2009
International Rules Hurling-Shinty | Ireland v Scotland 2010-2015
International Rules Hurling-Shinty | Ireland v Scotland 2016-2018
Ireland v Scotland (Seasons): 2014
Hurling-Shinty Club Internationals:
1994: Glenurquhart Tour of Co. Kilkenny
Handball-Pelota
Featured Image Credit: [1] New York, USA – May 31, 2019: Daytime image of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 2 handball courts By Alexandre Tziripouloff [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-york-usa-may-31-2019-1496618819 [Accessed 2 June 2021]
Handball-Pelota Internationals
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Ireland v Basque Country (Years):
International Rules Handball-Pelota | Ireland v Basque Country 2004-2006
Rounders-Baseball
[2] Pexels Pixabay green ball on sand [Internet] Available from: https://www.pexels.com/photo/green-ball-on-sand-257970/ [Accessed 31 October 2022]
Rounders-Softball Internationals
Picture Credit: [1] Hand holding a rounders ball. Rounders is a bat and ball game between two team that involves hitting a hard leather cased ball with a wooden bat. [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/hand-holding-rounders-ball-bat-game-277897988 [Accessed 19 February 2022]
Rounders-Softball Club Internationals
Rounders-Softball Club Internationals Lakelands GAA v Leinster Softball 1982
Rounders-Softball Club Internationals Skryne GAA Tour of Massachusetts 1982
Rounders-Baseball Club Internationals:
Hurlacrosse Internationals
Hurlacrosse Internationals
Picture Credits: [1] Photo Contributor: WoodysPhotos Carolina blue lacrosse stick carrying a ball [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/carolina-blue-lacrosse-stick-carrying-ball-620697038 [Last Accessed 31 October 2022]
Hurlacrosse Internationals
Hurlacrosse International Ireland Lacrosse v Europe Hurling Croke Park 2019
Hurlacrosse Club Internationals
International Rules Hurlacrosse Club Internationals 2009-2018
Poc Fada Golf
Poc Fada Golf
Picture Credit: Oct 20, 2019-Jeju, South Korea-Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland action on the green during an PGA Tour The CJ Cup Nine Bridges Final Round at Nine Bridges Golf Club in Jeju, South Korea. ©warpress/123RF.COM [Internet] Available from: https://www.123rf.com/photo_133338187_oct-20-2019-jeju-south-korea-graeme-mcdowell-of-northern-ireland-action-on-the-green-during-an-pga-t.html?vti=n9h8dgc9murdqc1nzo-1-47 [Accessed 7 January 2022]
Poc Fada Golf
Tallaght Rules Basketball-Futsal
Tallaght Rules Basketball-Futsal
Picture Credit: [1] National Basketball Arena, Tallaght – Ross Mahon / Shutterstock (2021) TALLAGHT, IRELAND – MARCH 01, 2021: An aerial view of the National Basketball Arena in Tymon Park. [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/tallaght-ireland-march-01-2021-aerial-1927772876 [Accessed 4 May 2021]
“Tallaght Rules” Basketball-Futsal
Scottish Shinty
Featured Image Picture Credit: INVERNESS CITY, SCOTLAND – 18 OCTOBER 2014: This is a scene from within the International Shinty-Hurling match between Scotland and Eire at Bught Park, Inverness, Scotland on 18 October, 2014. By JASPERIMAGE / shutterstock.com [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/inverness-city-scotland-18-october-2014-225347293 [Accessed 2 June 2021]
Shinty is Gaelic Scotland’s traditional version of Hurling. It is one of the forgotten Gaelic, Celtic or Atlantic Games like Basque Pelota and Welsh Baseball, played mostly in Gaelic parts of Scotland like the Highlands and Islands. The game is very similar to Hurling, with a curved stick used to hit a ball through a goal, except there is no point-over-the-bar and less play in the air. The game is 12-a-side as opposed to Hurling’s 15-a-side. The Shinty National League Division 1 was the Second Level of Men’s Shinty from 2004 to 2007. Incuded here is Manx Cammag. See also International Rules:
Shinty in Ireland
Shinty Matches in Ireland
Photo Credit: A banner at Newtonmore Shinty Ground by Walter Baxter is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0
Shinty Charity Match
Shinty Charity Match:
Camanachd Association National Leagues
Camanachd Association National Leagues
Photo Credit: FORT WILLIAM, SCOTLAND – JULY 20: Men playing typical scottish team game shinty with sticks and ball on 20 July 2013 in Fort William, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Camanachd Association Senior Leagues 2021; Premier League era 2004-2019; National Premier era 2000-2003
Camanachd Association Premier League (Overviews):
Camanachd Association Shinty Premiership 2013-2019
Camanachd Association Shinty Premier Division 2008-2012
Camanachd Association Shinty Premier League 2004-2007
Camanachd Association Shinty National Premier League 2000-2003
Camanachd Association Shinty Mowi Premiership (Seasons):
Camanachd Association Shinty Mowi Premiership 2022
Camanachd Association Senior League (Seasons)
Senior A 2021 Senior B 2021 Shinty C 2021
CA Premiership (Seasons): 2017 2018 2019
Camanachd Association National League (Overviews):
Camanachd Association Shinty National League Division 1 2000-2003
Camanachd Association Shinty National League Division 1 2004-2007
Camanachd Association Cups
Camanachd Association Cups
Coming Attractions for Strathpeffer by Colin Smith is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0
Camanachd Association Cups
CA Camanachd Cup (Seasons): 2017
CA Macauley Cup (Seasons): 2017
CA Sutherland Cup (Seasons): 2017
Other Cups (Annual Challenge Cups)
Women’s Camanachd Association
Women’s Camanachd Association
A wildcat model at Newtonmore Shinty Ground by Walter Baxter is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0
WCA
Women’s Camanachd Association National Division 1 (Overviews):
Women’s Camanachd Association Shinty National Division 1 2004-2005
Scottish Universities Shinty
Scottish Universities Shinty
Shinty field and Standing Stone by Peter Barr is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0
Scottish Universities Shinty
Shinty Universities (Overviews)
Camanachd Association North Region
Camanachd Association North Region Leagues
Newtonmore Camanachd Club sign by Walter Baxter is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0
Shinty North Region
Camanachd Association North Division 1 (Overviews):
Camanachd Association Shinty North Division 1 2000-2003
Camanachd Association Shinty North Division 1 2004-2007
Camanachd Association Shinty North Division 1 2016-2019
Camanachd Association North Division 2 (Overviews)
Camanachd Association Shinty North Division 2 2004-2007
Camanachd Association Shinty Marine Harvest North Division 2 2000-2003
Camanachd Association South Region
Camanachd Association South Region Leagues
Braeview Park by Craig Wallace is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0
Shinty South
Camanachd Association South Division 1 (Overviews):
Camanachd Association Shinty South Division 1 2000-2003
Camanachd Association Shinty South Division 1 2004-2007
Camanachd Association Shinty South Division 1 2016-2019
Camanachd Association South Division 2 (Overviews):
Camanachd Association Shinty Marine Harvest South Division 2 2000-2003
Shinty Teams
Shinty Teams
FORT WILLIAM, SCOTLAND – JULY 20: Men playing typical scottish team game shinty with sticks and ball on 20 July 2013 in Fort William, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Shinty Teams
Manx Cammag
Manx Cammag is an uncodified versions of Shinty or Hurling played in the small Gaelic Celtic Island country of the Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin in Manx Gaelic)
Manx Cammag
Manx masts and Peel by Andy Stephenson is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0
Manx Cammag; Cornish Hurling.
Manx Cammag
Cornish Hurling
Every Shrove Tuesday in St. Columb’s, Cornwall, the game of Hurling is played between ‘Town’ and ‘Country’. The night before resembles a ghost town as all the shops are boarded up and shuttered before the game is played the next day. There are no limits to the numbers of players in the game, with each player playing for either the ‘Town’ or ‘Country’. The game kicks off with the words “Town and Country do your best. but in this parish I must rest.”.
Traditionally, the game was played between the men of St. Columb, but is now played by the children. [3] The Game can last a few minutes or it can last hours depending on how quickly the winning team can get the ball to the goal. The winning player who carries the ball to the goal has the option of keeping the ball and paying for a new one by a local craftsman. The ball is constructed traditionally, out of silver with an applewood core, taken from a local orchard.
References: [1] BBC Cornwall (2003) Hurling at St. columb in the 21st Century [Internet] Available from; http://www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/villages/stories/stcolumb_hurling.shtml [Accessed 7 March 2018]
[3] St. Ives Web Community TV (2013) The St. Ives Feast and the Silver Ball [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20130819100810/http://stivestv.co.uk/whatson/feast_day_2013.htm [Accessed 13 June 2019]
Cornish Hurling
Cornish Hurling
Photo Credit: The Hurlers Bronze Age stone circle at Minions near Liskeard Cornwall England UK Europe Photo Contributor – ian woolcock