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Shinty Medal from 1852. On Christmas Day in 1852, a game of Shintie (an early form of hockey) was played on the frozen Rideau River between the Scots of New Edinburgh and the Sassenachs (or Englishmen) of Bytown. The New…
No efficient army, of course, ever underrated the value of personal fitness. Sport, in various forms, has had a long life. Hunting and polo belong to the ancients rather than the moderns. Chivalry has its tournaments in between battles. The…
‘The Shinty Boy’ by Scottish painter Duncan MacGregor Whyte (1866 – 1953). Portrait of the artist’s son. Shinty, the popular name for Camanachd, is derived from the Irish game of hurling and is the native stick and ball game of…
15th century engraved camán in a graveyard on the north coast of Donegal High on the north west coast of Inishowen, in the ruined church at Clonca near Culdaff, lies the 15th century gravestone of Magnus MacOrriston. MacOrriston was a…
