shinty

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Europe have long since known this and created the culture described by MacIntyre, a veteran of many a shinty team room, to get the best out of such characters.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

To his beloved shinty, but - of course - also to golf.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2024

Coming from the whisky town of Oban on Scotland’s coast, MacIntyre also plays a local game called shinty that is similar to field hockey.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022

In it, he is smashing a low, galloping drive with one of those shinty sticks.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 14, 2020

Two parties are opposed, the one driving the ball with sticks towards the goal, the other driving it in the opposite direction; in short, a game of shinty.

From Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. by M'lean, John