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  2. Sport in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Hurling is a close relative of the indigenous Scottish sport of shinty, and there is an annual international between Scotland's shinty players and Ireland's hurlers, using composite rules. The traditional forms of hurling played in Counties Antrim and Donegal , where many of Scotland's Irish immigrants originate from, were closest to Scottish ...

  3. Highland games - Wikipedia

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    Highland games (Scottish Gaelic: geamannan Gàidhealach) is a competitive strength sport with events held in spring and summer in Scotland and several other countries with a large Scottish diaspora as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture, especially that of the Scottish Highlands.

  4. Category:Sports originating in Scotland - Wikipedia

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  5. Caber toss - Wikipedia

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    Although the sport is primarily associated with Scotland, a similar exercise, "casting the bar", was popular in England in the 16th century, [3] and similar sports exist around the world, such as stångstörtning in Sweden. [4] The record for most caber tosses in three minutes is currently held by Scottish teenager Andrew Murphie.

  6. Shinty - Wikipedia

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    Shinty (Scottish Gaelic: camanachd, iomain) is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands and among Highland migrants to the major cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread in Scotland, [2] [3] [4] and was even played in Northern England into the second half of the 20th century [5] [4] and other areas in the world where ...

  7. Ba' Game - Wikipedia

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    The Ba' Game is a version of medieval football played in Scotland, primarily in Orkney and the Scottish Borders, around Christmas and New Year. Ba' is essentially mob football, or village football, where two parts of a town have to get a ball to goals on their respective sides. The two sides are called the Uppies or the Downies, depending on ...

  8. Category:Sport in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    There are some articles relevant to sport in Scotland in Category:Sport in the United Kingdom. Subcategories This category has the following 30 subcategories, out of 30 total.

  9. Golf in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    The exact origins of the sport of golf are unclear. The most widely accepted theory is that the modern game of golf originated in Scotland in the High Middle Ages. [17] The first golf courses and clubs were established in the country. [18] The first written rules originated in Scotland, as did the establishment of the 18-hole course.