Christine Quinn

My mother would organize huge parties for my elementary school classmates. To prepare, she would go back to the bakery in her old neighborhood of Inwood and get special shamrock cookies. Hawaiian Punch was served and we had shamrock napkins. It was a lot of fun.

American Politician

Sheamus

You know the way it is: sometimes Americans think of us as their backward little cousin. It's the whole shamrock, potatoes, famine, leprechaun thing, all that drunken paddies rubbish.

Irish Athlete

Dorothea Dix

Floral emblems have been often adopted. The houses of York and Lancaster had their roses, the Bourbons of France, the fleur-de-lis, Scotland her thistle, and Ireland her shamrock.

American Activist

Shamrock is a national emblem of Ireland, connected to Irish identity and pride.

Irish Emblem

Shamrocks are especially popular on St. Patrick's Day, a holiday celebrating Irish culture.

St. Patrick's Day

A true shamrock has three leaves, not four; four-leaf clovers are different.