Claim: In 1892, Grantown-on-Spey in  Strathspeym formed the first shinty club, a club that plays shinty/hurling that appears prominently in the legend of Cúchulainn, the Celtic mythology, and during the late nineteenth century, twelve shinty clubs from across the Badenoch and Strathspey area were in operation.
Evidence: Grantown-on-Spey formed the first shinty club in Strathspey in 1892 followed over the next few years by clubs formed in Nethy Bridge (1893), Boat of Garten (1893), Carrbridge (1893), Dulnain Bridge (1894) and Aviemore (1900). In common with many sports, it became formalised in the Victorian Era and the first organised clubs were established in cities such as Glasgow and London where there were thousands of Gaels resident. Shinty/Hurling appears prominently in the legend of Cúchulainn, the Celtic mythology hero. Grantown-on-Spey (Scottish Gaelic: Baile nan Granndach) is a town in the Highland Council Area, historically within the county of Moray. Nethy Bridge (Scottish Gaelic: Cinn Drochaid or Drochaid Neithich) is a small village in Strathspey in the Highland council area of Scotland. Boat of Garten (Scottish Gaelic: Coit a' Ghartain; originally: Garten) is a small village and post town in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland. Dulnain Bridge (Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid Thulnain) is a village in Strathspey, next to the meeting of the River Dulnain and the River Spey, three miles south-west of Grantown-on-Spey, in the Scottish Highlands and the Highland council area.