In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, it seems appropriate to discuss what many associate with him, the shamrock. Many wrongly assume that the shamrock is the official symbol of Ireland, too. But in fact, ...

Every March, millions of Americans, Irish or not, celebrate St. Patrick's Day, the national holiday of Ireland and Northern Ireland, by drinking Irish liquor and displaying the shamrock and other ...

So, the shamrock symbol is a typical clover with three leaves. St. Patrick's Day shamrocks are usually green, but clovers can also be purple, green, or white. Shamrocks have been the unofficial ...

The shamrock plant is Ireland's national symbol. The Irish and lots of people all over the world elect to celebrate St. Patrick's Day by wearing a shamrock facsimile of cardstock or paper, felt, foil, ...

— Michael Quinn could spend his St. Patrick’s Day on top of his business painting over a giant 16-foot long shamrock. That’s because the Portage Zoning Board of Appeals denied his request Monday to ...

The sweet little, dear little shamrock of Ireland is a sham, a figment of our collective imagination. It turns out there is no such thing as shamrock. Or perhaps it would be more correct to say there ...

The shamrock is a symbol of the lucky Irish - but Kate Middleton had a spot of bother when she struggled to pin the sprig to an British army mascot dog. Pregnant Kate presented the bunches of clovers ...

I enjoyed your article on March 18 about St. Patrick's Day and the accompanying picture from O'Neill's Pub. I have enjoyed an ale or two myself now and then at O'Neill's, occasionally on St. Patrick's ...

Shamrock vs. clover: what's the difference? All shamrocks are clovers, but not all clovers are shamrocks. How can that be, you ask? Clover is the common name for plants of the genus Trifolium (from ...