Results
| Date | Venue | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| 04.1897 | Glasgow | Cowal (Glasgow) | 11 | Celtic (Dublin) | 2 |
| 07.1897 | Jones’ Road | Celtic (Dublin) | 0 | Cowal (Glasgow) | 2 |
(Cowal won 2 game series 2-0)
Reference: [1]
Report
The first Hurling-Shinty matches were played between two club sides, Cowal of Glasgow and Celtic of Dublin [2] in 1897 with Cowal winning the two game series comfortably.
The series featured only goals, like in Shinty.
References:
Sources
[1] Anon. (1998) “The series, the results”. Kilkenny People, Friday, March 13, 1998. pg. 42.
[2] Anon. (2000) “Shinty”. Nenagh Guardian. Saturday, October 21, 2000. pg. 18-19.
Copies of the Kilkenny People & Nenagh Guardian are available to view online at http://www.irishnewsarchive.com which is a subscription service.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Conor Connolly-Mulcahy & Dara Conolly-Mulcahy
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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
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