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]
History
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]
Goal = 3 points
Over = 2 points (if struck from a free or from more than 65 metres)
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.
^"Preview: Hurling/Shinty International First Test". GAA.ie. 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Ireland have recorded comfortable wins over their Celtic cousins in each of the last six instalments of the competition as it stands, which is being played for the 14th time this year but can be traced back as far as 1897, but have never had it easy in Bught Park.