Talk:Shinty
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Directly derived from this sport is a boy's game played in the Southern United States (where there is a very large number of people with some Scots ancestry, and some who are predominantly Scottish in origin) called "shinny". This is generally an informal backyard diversion, not an organized sport in the way that other sports such as football and baseball are.
Contents |
[edit] Failte don Jungle
Shinty is perhaps the finest sport known to man, a true martial art and great craic as well. Welcome to the Shinty Jungle!
Is anything going to be mentioned about the brutalness of this sport? The description of it doesn't really convey that.
Certainly not, it is not an encyclopaedic cmment, most Shinty players do not view the Sport as brutal. there are several sports such as rugby, boxing and gridiron which are far more physical, dangerous and violent. Sologoal
[edit] merge with feild hockey?
This looks like this should be merged with Field hockey. Any reason why it hasn't been?
- shouldnt be - different goevering body, different rules etc - on that notre should some one add the rules of the game - biggest thing i reemember about the ganme is that half the shots that are allowed in Shinty would be classed as fouls in hockey! Alimat 21:33, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
**Merge with Field Hockey? - DON'T BE SILLY - Shinty and Field Hockey are two very distinct sports, with major rules and technique differences and as Alimat states different governing bodies. Saying Field Hockey and Shinty should be merged would be like saying American Football and Rugby should be merged. FYI: Rules of the game can be viewed on the http://www.shinty.com web site, plus the www.shinty.com site has a hyperlink to see shinty matches streamed on the web. Norcalshinty 14 June 2006
[edit] Dreich?
what's dreich mean? --Awiseman 06:09, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Dreich is Scots English for cold, wet and miserable weather. It is a common vocabulary word in Socltand.
- Thanks, I clarified it in case other English speakers come by - like myself. --Awiseman 20:17, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] American Shinty Contacts
For contact information for Northern California, Santa Monica and Bakersfield (Calif), Utah and Phoenix please e-mail: info@norcalshinty.com, for contact information for Morro Bay, Houston, Dunedin (Florida), Washington State (including Portland, Orgeon) please see the links section in the main article.
Pleasanton Blairgowrie Fegus Sister City Organization: http://www.pbsco.org/ Campbell Highland Games Association: http://www.campbellgames.com/ The Blairgowrie and Rattray Highland Games: http://www.blairhighlandgames.co.uk/
moved this so as not to piss of people like the scummers who deleted the Glasgow and Edinburgh uni articles. Camanachd gu brath! Sologoal 17:57, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Progress On Pages
I've almost completed all the clubs in Scotland and the States but if there are any other shinty folk oot there, get involved, make sure that your teams history is correct or upload photos whatever. The Shinty pages are by no means perfect but I hope they are informative and enjoyable.Sologoal 16:21, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Nollaig Chridheil
Agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur! Merry Christmas to all Shinty Fans across the globe. Suas leis a' Chamanachd!Sologoal 13:22, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 |
Shinty is within the scope of WikiProject Scotland, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Scotland and Scotland-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project page. | ||
| ??? | This article has not yet received a rating on the quality scale. | ||
| ??? | This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale. | ||
|
Article Grading: style="background: #ffff66; text-align: center;" | B |
|||
|
WikiProject Scotland To-do:
|
|||
[edit] shinty.com
These wikipedia pages seem to have much more information than the Camanachd Association's own website. It is quite poor site as governing bodies go. Perhaps they will get it updated one of these days. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.83.245.252 (talk) 16:19, 12 March 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Camanachdfield.jpg
Image:Camanachdfield.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is other other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 19:33, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cúchulainn
I have removed the sentence "Shinty appears prominently in the legend of Cúchulainn, the Celtic mythology hero." Because 1) Cúchulainn was from Ireland not Scotland; 2) The Irish texts of the Cúchulainn myth typically refer to Cúchulainn playing hurling and I can find no reference in either the Irish or English texts of the legend to 'shinty', and 3) There is no independent support that I can find for the proposition that Cúchulainn was playing shinty and not hurling or some common ancestor of both sports.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.155.230.82 (talk • contribs) 20:39, 12 August 2007
