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A shamrock. A shamrock is a type of clover, used as a symbol of Ireland. Saint Patrick, one of Ireland's patron saints, is said to have used it as a metaphor for the Christian Holy Trinity. [1] The name shamrock comes from Irish seamróg ([ˈʃamˠɾˠoːɡ]), which is the diminutive of the Irish word seamair and simply means "young clover". [2]
The shamrock carries religious ties, while the four-leaf clover is considered a sign of luck due to its exceeding rarity. In fact, around one out of 10,000 clovers have four leaves.
John "na Seamer" Burke, Baron Leitrim (Irish: Seán mac an Iarla a Búrc; / ˈ l iː t r əm /; LEE-trəm; died 1583), also known as John of the Shamrocks, was one of the notorious half-brothers called the meic an Iarla ('sons of the earl'), whose conflicts with each other and their father, Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde, caused devastation to south Connacht several times between the ...
Cover of We Were There on the Chisholm Trail, the 14th book in the series. Children's literature portal; The We Were There books are a series of historical novels written for children. The series consists of 36 titles, first released between 1955 and 1963 by Grosset & Dunlap. Each book in the series is a fictional retelling of an historical ...
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, Irish literary newspaper
Children's book illustration is a subfield of book illustration, and a genre of art associated with children's literature. Children's books with illustrations are often known as picture books . Illustrations contribute to the children's development and provides them with aesthetic impressions.
The short history chronicles human development from the inventions of cavemen to the results of the First World War.Additionally, the book describes the beliefs of many major world religions, including Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam, and incorporates these ideas into its narrative presentation of historical people and events.
Bailieboro Shamrocks have won five Cavan Senior Football Championships. They reached the final of the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship in 1995. Camogie was played at Bailieboro Shamrocks between 1932 and 1950, and 1972 to present. A ladies' Gaelic football team was founded in 2008.