Iomain Cholmcille - Gaidhlig/Gaelige International

[LondonCamanachd]

In two weeks two Gaidhlig speaking teams of shinty players will play matches against Michael Breathnach CLG and a gaelige Uladh select in a series of internationals conducted entirely in gaidhlig and gaelige. Michael Breathnach have traditionally provided the opponents in this fixture as they are a club who've conducted all their business in gaelige.  This year, the competition has been opened up to the Uladh players, and the Alba squad has been split into Sgitheanachs (players from Skye) and other gaels.

The Alba team is named below:-
http://www.shinty.com/news/alba-name-squad-for-gaelic-shintyhurling-international-in-skye/

[seafoid]

MacRae must be from the same root as McGrath if those Gaidhlig names are anything to go by.
Great work by the Colmcille crowd. Rath mor orthu.

[LondonCamanachd]

And another "international", this one between the Irish Defence Forces and SCOTS Camanachd (the British Army team, they take their name from the abbreviaton for the Royal Regiment of Scotland)

[Aerlik]

Adh mor orthu for the tournament.

[LondonCamanachd]

4 games were played, a shinty semi final, a hurling semi final and a compromise rules final, and a compromise rules play-off

Shinty semi final:  Na Sgitheanaich 5-1 Alba
Hurling semi final: Michael Breathnach 10-4 Fir Uladh

3/4 play-off:          Alba  16-14 Fir Uladh
Final:                     Na Sgitheanaich 17-14 Michael Breathnach

(sorry, I don't know the goals/points breakdown here)

Dual language match-report
http://www.shinty.com/news/iomain-cholmcille-a-soirbheachadh-aon-uair-eile/

Photos
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150806297268385.469878.129849263384&type=1

Section from BBC Alba's news programme, An La
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/gd/episode/b01f6srd/An_La_09_04_2012/

[LondonCamanachd]

Video from the weekend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul4Fz_-uSf4&context=C4aa100eADvjVQa1PpcFNTXL8BvNWZW8McPy-AIa7IUy_CfcI6Uw8=



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