Shamrock

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Shamrock or Shamrocks may refer to:

Plants

• Shamrock (Irish symbol), a three leaf clover (or sometimes other plants with similar leaves) that is a symbol of Ireland
• Oxalis regnellii, sometimes called "false shamrock"

Places

• Shamrock, California
  • Shamrock, Imperial County, California
  • Shamrock, Kern County, California
• Shamrock, Texas
• Shamrock, Oklahoma
• Shamrock Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota
• Shamrock Township, Callaway County, Missouri
• Shamrock Township, Holt County, Nebraska
• Shamrock No. 134, Saskatchewan
• Mount Gay-Shamrock, West Virginia

Music

• "Shamrock" (song), 2006 UVERworld single
• Shamrock (band), alternative band from the Philippines
• The Shamrock (band), Croatian folk/punk band
• Sham Rock, Irish novelty folk band
• $hamrock, Timothy Rasmussen, winner of ego trip's The (White) Rapper Show

Sports

Ireland

• Shamrock Rovers F.C., association football
• Ballinderry Shamrocks GAC
• Cortoon Shamrocks, GAA
• Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club, Dublin

Canada

• Erin Shamrocks, Ontario; junior ice hockey
• Victoria Shamrocks, British Columbia; box lacrosse
• Montreal Shamrocks GAA
• Parry Sound Shamrocks, Ontario (1994–2002); junior ice hockey
• Montreal Shamrocks (1887–1910), ice hockey

United States

• Boston Jr. Shamrocks; junior ice hockey
• South Carolina Shamrocks, Spartanburg (1996-99); soccer
• Boston Shamrocks (basketball) (1971-72), alias of the Washington Generals
• St. Louis Shamrocks late nineteenth century/early twentieth century; soccer
• St. Louis Shamrocks (1935-1938) (1935–38); soccer
• Boston Shamrocks (AFL) (1936-7), competed in the shortlived American Football League
• Pittsburgh Shamrocks (1935-36); ice hockey
• Chicago Shamrocks (1930-32); ice hockey

Australia

• Dundas Shamrocks Junior Rugby League Football Club, Balmain, Australia

Transport

• MS Shamrock, Swedish schooner
• Shamrock, the airline call sign for Aer Lingus
• Shamrock (car), car produced in Ireland during the 1950s
• 1893 Shamrock, early Canadian car
• Shamrock (yacht), 1899 America's Cup yacht
• USS Shamrock (1863), seaworthy steamer with powerful guns
• Shamrock Buses, a bus company based in Poole, Dorset, UK

People

• Billey Shamrock (b.1964), Swedish entertainer
• Ken Shamrock (b.1964), former wrestler / mixed martial artist
• Frank Shamrock (b.1972), former mixed martial artist
• Ryan Shamrock (b.1979), Alicia Webb's wrestling name 1998–9
• Ryan Shamrock (mixed martial artist) (b.1988), son of Ken

Fictional characters

• Shamrock (comics), minor Marvel Comics superhero
• Shaun "Shamrock" McGinty, character on The Wire

History

• Project SHAMROCK, Cold-War era US espionage exercise
• Operation Shamrock, plan to bring German children to Ireland from post World War II Germany

Business

• Shamrock Farms, dairy farm in Arizona
• Shamrock Holdings, company that manages Roy Edward Disney's personal holdings
• Shamrock Hotel or Shamrock Hilton, hotel in Houston, Texas
• Shamrock Oil Company
• Times-Shamrock Communications

Other

• Shamrocks, a solitaire card game
• Shamrock School, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Shamrock Organization, an organizational structure

See also

• All pages beginning with "Shamrock"

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