Shamrock (disambiguation)
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Shamrock or Shamrocks may refer to:
Plants
- Shamrock, a three leaf clover (or sometimes other plants with similar leaves) that is a symbol of Ireland
- Oxalis regnellii, sometimes called "false shamrock"
Places
- United States
- Shamrock, California (disambiguation)
- Shamrock, Oklahoma
- Shamrock Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota
- Shamrock Township, Callaway County, Missouri
- Shamrock Township, Holt County, Nebraska
- Shamrock, Texas
- Mount Gay-Shamrock, West Virginia
- Shamrock, Wisconsin
- Canada
Music
- Sham Rock, Irish novelty folk band
- Shamrock (Filipino band), alternative band from the Philippines
- The Shamrock (band), Croatian folk/punk band
Albums
- Sham Rock, album by Beatnik Turtle.
Songs
- "Shamrock" (song), 2006 UVERworld single
- "Shamrock", song by Calvin Boze 1962
- "Shamrock", song by Nathan Abshire 1968
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 (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 short-lived 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
Road
- Shamrock Buses, a bus company based in Poole, Dorset, UK
- Shamrock (car), car produced in Ireland during the 1950s
- 1893 Shamrock, early Canadian car
Nautical
- Shamrock (yacht), unsuccessful challenger for the 1899 America's Cup
- Shamrock II, unsuccessful challenger for the 1901 America's Cup
- Shamrock III, unsuccessful challenger for the 1903 America's Cup
- Shamrock IV unsuccessful challenger in the 1920 America's Cup.
- Shamrock V unsuccessful challenger in the 1929 America's Cup.
- USS Shamrock (1863), seaworthy steamer with powerful guns
- Shamrock, a 1971 C&C 35 which has actively raced in the Detroit, Michigan region since 1976, named after L boat #39
- Shamrock, a wooden steam launch on Windermere, UK, owned by the steam engineer Roger Mallinson who restored her back to working condition in the late 1970s
- The Shamrock, Alaskan gold mining dredge featured on Bering Sea Gold: Under The Ice reality TV show
Aeronautical
- Shamrock, the airline call sign for Aer Lingus
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", Alicia Webb's wrestling name 1998–9
Fictional characters
- Shamrock (comics), minor Marvel Comics superhero
- Sean "Shamrock" McGinty, character on The Wire
- Marcus Lampert "Shamrock", member of the Garuda Team on Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
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 Foods, Irish food company
- 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 Club of Wisconsin
- Shamrock School, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Shamrock Organization, an organizational structure
See also
- All pages beginning with "Shamrock"
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