of the past." The author Margaret Hope MacPherson wrote a children's book called "The Shinty Boys", which was published in 1963. Music The shinty song Clash of the Ash, by the Celtic rock band Runrig, immediately became widely popular and is now considered an anthem for the sport. Television Comedian Billy Connolly suggested in September 2009 that shinty should become Scotland's new national sport, because the Scotland football team's playing had become so bad. The accordionist Gary Innes wrote 'The Caman Man' on his latest album ERA and has played shinty for Scotland fourteen times, captaining the side in 2010/11. The TV series Hamish MacBeth featured a shinty match as an integral part of the plot of the episode "More Than a Game", with real shinty players, Dallas Young of Kingussie and Neil "Ach" MacRae of Kinlochshiel Shinty Club, playing pivotal roles. A shinty game is shown in episode 4, "The Gathering", of the Starz TV show Outlander. See also Women's shinty Lacrosse, of ancient Native American origin, where the stick is used to catch, throw and carry the ball Field Hockey Bando (sport) Hurling Camogie References External links The Camanachd Association Sport in Highland (council area) Sports originating in Scotland Team sports Sport in Argyll and Bute