Shamrock (disambiguation)

Shamrock (disambiguation)

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

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

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

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


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