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Cammag (Manx pronunciation: [ˈkʰamaɡ]) is a team sport originating on the Isle of Man. It is closely related to the Scottish game of shinty and is similar to the Irish game of hurling. Once the most widespread sport on Man, it ceased to be played around 1900 after the introduction of association football, though it has experienced a revival in the 21st century. The Manx word Cammag, as in modern Scottish Gaelic and Irish camán, is derived from the Gaelic root word cam, meaning bent. In modern times, an annual match of cammag is played in St John's.

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  • Cammag (Manx pronunciation: [ˈkʰamaɡ]) is a team sport originating on the Isle of Man. It is closely related to the Scottish game of shinty and is similar to the Irish game of hurling. Once the most widespread sport on Man, it ceased to be played around 1900 after the introduction of association football, though it has experienced a revival in the 21st century. Equipment involves a stick (Manx: camman, meaning "little curved thing") and a ball (crick or crig) with anything between four and two hundred players. Sometimes whole towns and villages took part, or even played each other. The camman can be any stick with a bent end, and is similar in design to the caman in shinty, both unlike the Irish camán, having no blade. A gorse wood camman, if of suitable size and shape, was a very much treasured possession. The crick can be made from cork or wood, and varied from circular to egg-shaped, sized from approximately two inches in circumference to 'the size of a fist'. Old accounts tell that the crick was sometimes covered in cloth or leather. The Manx word Cammag, as in modern Scottish Gaelic and Irish camán, is derived from the Gaelic root word cam, meaning bent. Cammag season started on Hunt the Wren Day (26 December) and was only played by men (of all ages) during the winter. Corris's Close (now Athol Street) was the chief playing-ground in the town of Peel. In modern times, an annual match of cammag is played in St John's. There is evidence to show that Cammag had strong links to Welsh Bando, there are records in Wales that teams would have been games played all over the place with 20–30 men a side and played on a pitch 200 metres long. Once a year there would have been the very biggest games with hundreds of men to a team and numbers would not have been counted but more of a free for all. (en)
  • Le cammag est un sport d’équipe, similaire au hurling irlandais et au shinty écossais, qui était joué sur l’île de Man. Il était le sport le plus populaire dans l’île jusqu’aux environs de 1900, date vers laquelle il a été supplanté par le football. Depuis quelques années, les Mannois tentent de le faire revivre. (fr)
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  • Le cammag est un sport d’équipe, similaire au hurling irlandais et au shinty écossais, qui était joué sur l’île de Man. Il était le sport le plus populaire dans l’île jusqu’aux environs de 1900, date vers laquelle il a été supplanté par le football. Depuis quelques années, les Mannois tentent de le faire revivre. (fr)
  • Cammag (Manx pronunciation: [ˈkʰamaɡ]) is a team sport originating on the Isle of Man. It is closely related to the Scottish game of shinty and is similar to the Irish game of hurling. Once the most widespread sport on Man, it ceased to be played around 1900 after the introduction of association football, though it has experienced a revival in the 21st century. The Manx word Cammag, as in modern Scottish Gaelic and Irish camán, is derived from the Gaelic root word cam, meaning bent. In modern times, an annual match of cammag is played in St John's. (en)
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  • Cammag (en)
  • Cammag (fr)
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