 The first ever hurling game played in the Scottish Highlands was played at Easter 2012 between CLG Micheal Breathnach and Fir Uladh, an Ulster select of Gaeiligoiri, as part of the Iomain Cholmcille festival, na Breathnaich coming out victorious.Wales has its own club, St.Colmilles in Cardiff.Soldiers who served in the Irish Brigade during the Anglo-Boer War are believed to have played the game on the veldt.