Shamrock (disambiguation)

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The term shamrock can refer to several things:

• Shamrock, a three leaf clover that is the symbol of Ireland
• The cities of
  • Shamrock, Texas
  • Shamrock, Oklahoma
  • Shamrock Lakes, Indiana
  • Mount Gay-Shamrock, West Virginia
• The Shamrock Hotel (later the Shamrock Hilton), a famous hotel in Houston, Texas which opened in 1949 and was demolished in 1987
• Project SHAMROCK, a cold war era US espionage exercise that involved the accumulation of all telegraphic data entering into or exiting from the US
• Shamrock (band), a band from the Philippines
• "Shamrock" (single) a song by the Japanese band UVERworld
• Shamrock Organization, an organizational structure

[edit] People and Characters

• Ken Shamrock, a former World Wrestling Federation (WWF) superstar and former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter
• Shamrock (comics), a minor Marvel Comics superhero
• Frank Shamrock, a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter
• $hamrock, aka Timothy Rasmussen, the 2007 winner of ego trip's The (White) Rapper Show competition
• Shaun "Shamrock" McGinty, a character on the HBO series The Wire
• Sham Rock, an Irish band who had a (one-hit wonder) hit with the song I'll Tell Me Ma

[edit] Ships

• Shamrock (yacht), the unsuccessful Irish challenger for the 10th America's Cup 1899, and the later challengers Shamrock II, III and IV
• The MS Shamrock, a Swedish sailing ship

[edit] Organizations and Brands

• Shamrock Oil Company
• Airline call sign for Aer Lingus
• Shamrock (car), produced in Ireland during the 1950's
• Shamrock Holdings, the company that manages Roy Edward Disney's personal holdings
• Shamrock Farms, a Dairy Farm in Arizona
• Victoria Shamrocks, a Senior A Box lacrosse team in the Western Lacrosse Association
• Dundas Shamrocks Junior Rugby League Football Club

The plural form, shamrocks, can refer to:

• Shamrocks, a solitaire card game similar to La Belle Lucie