A Cache dedicated to the Kinlochshiel bear Innes Macrae who sadly passed away in 2019. He loved watching Kinlochshiel and played for them when he was younger. Undoubtedly one of the best views from a shinty pitch going, the pitch has recently moved to its new home in Balmacara .
The club was the result of an almagamation of three clubs Kintail, Lochalsh and Glenshiel who first joined forces in 1958.
The club won its first trophy in the form of the Sutherland Cup in 1962 and the Strathdearn in 1975. Whilst the club have been successful over the years, a troublesome patch in the 1990s led to Kinlochshiel dropping down to the lowest division in the North and working their way back up the leagues and re-establishing a reserve team. This has reaped long term benefits and the club are now considered one of the best teams outside the top flight.
The club is the only team specifically referred to in the Runrig song, Clash of the Ash, in the line;
"Tell me who's gonna mark the Kinlochshiel Bear He's hard as nails, quick as a flash He comes down from the caves For the clash of the ash"
– Clash of the Ash, C&R MacDonald, 2007