Shamrock (disambiguation)

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"
• Trigonella suavissima, sometimes called "Australian shamrock"

Places

United States

• Shamrock, California (disambiguation)
  • Shamrock, Imperial County, California
  • Shamrock, Kern County, California
• Shamrock, Florida
• Shamrock Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota
• Shamrock, Missouri
• Shamrock Township, Callaway County, Missouri
• Shamrock Township, Holt County, Nebraska
• Shamrock, Oklahoma
• Shamrock, Texas
• Mount Gay-Shamrock, West Virginia
• Shamrock, Wisconsin

Canada

• Shamrock, Saskatchewan
• Shamrock No. 134, Saskatchewan

Music

• Sham Rock, Irish novelty folk band
• Shamrock (Filipino band), alternative band from the Philippines

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
• Shamrocks GAA (County Cork)

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
• Simcoe Shamrocks, junior ice hockey team in Simcoe, Ontario

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
• HMS Shamrock, a number of British ships
• 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 Television show
• Shamrock, Tamar Barge

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 with titles beginning with Shamrock