iomain

{{short description|Hybrid team sport between shinty and hurling}}

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{{Lang|gd|Iomain}} was a hybrid sport formed from shinty and hurling created in 2013.

{{lang|gd|Iomain}} is a Gaelic word, meaning 'driving', and is one of the words traditionally used in Scotland to refer to shinty and Irish dialect to hurling.

It was argued that it might replace composite rules shinty–hurling in Scotland–Ireland internationals. Unlike composite rules, it was to use a single type of stick for both sides,{{cite web |title= Shinty to make history with new game called iomain |work=Shinty.com |date=24 October 2013 |url= http://www.shinty.com/news/shinty-to-make-history-with-new-game-called-iomain/ |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://archive.today/20131025153141/http://www.shinty.com/news/shinty-to-make-history-with-new-game-called-iomain/ |archive-date=25 October 2013 |access-date=25 October 2013}}{{cite web |date=24 October 2013 |title=Hybrid of Scots Shinty and Irish Hurling created |url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/hybrid-of-scots-shinty-and-irish-hurling-created-1-3155841 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026124931/http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/hybrid-of-scots-shinty-and-irish-hurling-created-1-3155841 |archive-date=26 October 2013 |work=The Scotsman}} and also one goal design.

The stick was made in the traditional shinty style with a much larger club face than in hurling but a longer shinty shaft. The goals used were shinty goals. It was designed also to be similar to the ground hurling that was once prevalent in Ireland, but has been superseded by the aerial variety.

{{lang|gd|Iomain}} was played at Croke Park in October 2013 in a demonstration game between Scotland and Ireland,{{cite web |date=21 October 2013 |title=Scots seek victory in Ireland |url=http://www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/News/Scots-seek-victory-in-Ireland-21102013.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311044529/https://www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/news/scots-seek-victory-in-ireland-21102013.htm/ |archive-date=11 March 2018 |publisher=Strathspey and Badenoch Herald}} with Scotland winning the match 5-0.{{Cite web |date=27 October 2013 |title=Sporting History Made With New Game of Iomain |url=http://www.shinty.com/news/sporting-history-made-with-new-game-of-iomain/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030151834/http://www.shinty.com/news/sporting-history-made-with-new-game-of-iomain/ |archive-date=30 October 2013 |website=shinty.com}} However, there has never been a repeat of the initial trial at Croke Park.