Shamrock - Symbol of Ireland - Example Uses

Example Uses

• The shamrock signified the Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac in the American Civil War, which contained the Irish Brigade. It can still be seen on the regimental coat of arms of "The Fighting Sixty-Ninth"
• The flag of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada has a shamrock that is located in the lower right quadrant. The shamrock represents the Irish population, one of the four major ethnic groups that made up the population of the city in the 19th century when the arms were designed.
• The shamrock is featured in Canadian Coat of arms.
• The shamrock is featured on the passport stamp of Montserrat, many of whose citizens are of Irish descent.
• The airline Aer Lingus uses the emblem in its logos, and its air traffic control call sign is "SHAMROCK".
• The Erin Go Bragh flag, originally of Saint Patrick's Battalion, uses an angelic Cláirseach, a medieval Irish harp, cradled in a wreath of clover. A flag strongly symbolic of Irish nationalism, it is often seen on Saint Patrick's Day, usually displayed during the parades.
• Soldiers of the Royal Irish Regiment of the British army use the shamrock as their emblem, and wear a sprig of shamrock on Saint Patrick's Day. Shamrock are exported to wherever the regiment is stationed throughout the world. Queen Victoria decreed over a hundred years ago that soldiers from Ireland should wear a sprig of shamrock in recognition of fellow Irish soldiers who had fought bravely in the Boer War, a tradition continued by British army soldiers from both the north and the south of Ireland following partition in 1921.
• The coat of arms on the flag of the Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation was cradled in a wreath of shamrock.
• During the Russian Civil War a British officer Col. P.J. Woods, of Belfast, established a Karelian Regiment which had a shamrock on an orange field as its regimental badge.
• The shamrock is the official emblem of Irish football club Shamrock Rovers and the Greek multi-sport club Panathinaikos AO and Cypriot sports club AC Omonia.
• The Danish football club Viborg FF uses a shamrock in its badge and it has become a symbol of the town of Viborg.
• The German football club SpVgg Greuther Fürth also has a shamrock in its badge as it is a symbol of the city of Fürth.
• The shamrock is among the symbols of the Aryan Brotherhood, a prison gang.
• Former NBA player Shaquille O'Neal nicknamed himself the "Big Shamrock" after joining the Boston Celtics.
• In the fantasy novel series, Harry Potter, the fictitious Irish National Quidditch team use the shamrock as part of their emblem.
• Featured in the logo of the House of Pain, whose members are American musicians of Irish descent.