Clash of the Ash

"Clash of the Ash"
Single by Runrig
from the album Everything You See
Released14 May 2007
RecordedCromarty, 2007
GenreCeltic rock
Length4:50
LabelRidge Records
Songwriter(s)Calum MacDonald/Rory MacDonald
Producer(s)Runrig
Runrig singles chronology
"Empty Glens"
(2003)
"Clash of the Ash"
(2007)
"Loch Lomond (Hampden Remix)"
(2007)

"Clash of the Ash" is the first single from the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig's thirteenth studio album Everything You See, which was released as a single in 2007. The song is about the sport of shinty and has become an anthem for the sport.[1] Runrig have previously referenced shinty in the songs "Pride of the Summer" from The Cutter and the Clan and "Recovery" from the album of the same name. The song also appeared on the 2013 compilation album Larry Kirwan's Celtic Invasion.[2]

  1. ^ Skye Camanachd
  2. ^ "Larry Kirwan's Celtic Invasion". Valley Entertainment. Retrieved 6 March 2013.