Furnace won the Camanachd Cup in 1923 without conceding a goal to any team, a feat not repeated until Newtonmore in 2013.

It was also an example of Furnace using early sports science to deduce that their final opponent Newtonmore's stamina was due to their backgrounds as gameskeepers and shepherds; Furnace started doing road running to build up their leg strength.

[1] Furnace joined with Inveraray as Lochfyneside and twice reached but lost in Camanachd Cup Finals - 1949 and 1953.

The club won South Division One in 2004 but lost to Strathglass in a playoff for promotion to the National League.

The club is associated with Dunadd Camanachd, which was one of the original teams to start playing Women's Shinty.