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
- 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