A shamrock is a three leaf clover (or sometimes other plants with similar leaves) that is a symbol of Ireland.

Shamrock, Sham Rock or Shamrocks may also refer to:

Music

  • Sham Rock, an Irish novelty folk band
  • Shamrock (Filipino band), an alternative band from the Philippines
  • Sham Rock, an album by Beatnik Turtle
  • "Shamrock" (song), a 2006 UVERworld single
  • "Shamrock", a 1962 song by Calvin Boze
  • "Shamrock", a 1968 song by Nathan Abshire

Film

  • Shamrock (film), a 1953 Finnish anthology film

Places

United States

  • Shamrock, Florida, an unincorporated community
  • Shamrock Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota
  • Shamrock, Missouri, an unincorporated community
  • Shamrock Township, Callaway County, Missouri
  • Shamrock Township, Holt County, Nebraska
  • Shamrock, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community
  • Shamrock, Texas, a city
  • Shamrock, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Canada

  • Rural Municipality of Shamrock No. 134, Saskatchewan
  • Shamrock, Saskatchewan, a village

Sports

Australia

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

Canada

  • Erin Shamrocks, a junior ice hockey team in Ontario
  • Victoria Shamrocks, a box lacrosse team in British Columbia
  • Montreal Shamrocks GAA
  • Parry Sound Shamrocks, a former junior ice hockey team in Ontario
  • Montreal Shamrocks, a former ice hockey team
  • Hespeler Shamrocks (2018–), junior ice hockey team in Simcoe, Ontario
  • Shamrock Field, former GAA sports venue in St. John's, Newfoundland

Ireland

  • Shamrock Rovers F.C., Tallaght, South Dublin
  • Cortoon Shamrocks GAA
  • Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club, Dublin
  • Shamrocks GAA (Cork)

Northern Ireland

  • Ballinderry Shamrocks GAC, County Londonderry
  • Shamrock F.C., Ardoyne, Belfast

United States

  • Boston Jr. Shamrocks, a junior ice hockey team
  • South Carolina Shamrocks, a former soccer team
  • Boston Shamrocks (1971–72), alias of the Washington Generals
  • St. Louis Shamrocks, a former soccer team
  • St. Louis Shamrocks (1935-1938), a former soccer team
  • Boston Shamrocks (AFL), a former American Football League
  • Pittsburgh Shamrocks, a former ice hockey team
  • Chicago Shamrocks, a former ice hockey team
  • HMS Shamrock, a number of British ships
  • , a Union Navy gunboat during the American Civil War

Transport

Land

  • Shamrock Buses, a bus company based in Poole, Dorset, UK
  • Shamrock (car), a car produced in Ireland during the 1950s
  • 1893 Shamrock, an early Canadian car

Sea

  • Shamrock (yacht), an unsuccessful challenger for the 1899 America's Cup
  • Shamrock II, an unsuccessful challenger for the 1901 America's Cup
  • , an unsuccessful challenger for the 1903 America's Cup
  • , an unsuccessful challenger in the 1920 America's Cup
  • , an unsuccessful challenger in the 1929 America's Cup
  • The Shamrock, an Alaskan gold mining dredge featured on Bering Sea Gold: Under The Ice reality Television show
  • Shamrock, a Tamar barge sailing vessel for carrying cargo

Air

  • Shamrock, the callsign of airline Aer Lingus
  • Shamrock Field, alternative name for Brooklyn Airport, public use airport in Michigan

People

  • Billey Shamrock, Swedish entertainer
  • Ken Shamrock (born 1964), former wrestler / mixed martial artist
  • Frank Shamrock (born 1972), former mixed martial artist
  • "Ryan Shamrock", Alicia Webb's wrestling name from 1989 to 1998

Fictional characters

  • Shamrock (comics), a minor Marvel Comics superhero
  • Sean "Shamrock" McGinty, a member of the Barksdale Organization on the television series The Wire
  • Marcus Lampert "Shamrock", a character on Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation

Businesses

  • Shamrock Farms, a dairy farm in Arizona
  • Shamrock Foods, an Irish food brand
  • Shamrock Holdings, a company that manages Roy Edward Disney's personal holdings
  • Shamrock Hotel or Shamrock Hilton, a hotel in Houston, Texas
  • Shamrock Oil Company

Other uses

  • Shamrocks, a solitaire card game
  • Shamrock Club of Wisconsin
  • Shamrock Organization, an organizational structure
  • Operation Shamrock, a plan to bring orphaned German children to Ireland from post-World War II Germany
  • Project SHAMROCK, a Cold-War-era US espionage exercise
  • The Shamrock, a 1777 Irish play or pasticcio opera by John O'Keeffe
  • The Shamrock (newspaper), Irish literary newspaper
  • Shamrock (film), a 1953 Finnish anthology film

See also

  • Oxalis regnellii, sometimes called "false shamrock"
  • Trigonella suavissima, sometimes called "Australian shamrock"