With March now upon us, St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner. But Leprechauns, green beer and pots of gold aside, there is another traditional symbol associated with the ...

With St. Patrick’s Day approaching, grocery stores and nurseries will be selling “shamrocks.” As someone of Irish descent, I ...

The shamrock is deeply rooted in Irish folklore. According to legend, Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, used the ...

Shamrock farmer, Joe Sugrue has spent about four decades working at the Co. Kerry site best known for exporting to the US and ...

While the shamrock mainly has religious ties, the four-leaf clover—often mistaken for the same plant—is often associated with luck. But why is that? One thing that makes the four-leaf clover a lucky ...

This week, we are going to further the lore surrounding leprechauns, fairies and, believe it or not, the hawthorn tree.

Anglicized to shamrock, means "young clover" and that is where the problem begins. Even here in Ireland, different species of clover (and even other related plants) are pinned to our breasts on St ...

By most accounts, the original shamrock is thought to be either yellow clover (Trifolium dubium) or white clover (Trifolium repens). Both plants have three oval green leaflets with tiny ...

AD, a missionary who earlier assumed the name Patricius, arrived in Ireland with the objective of converting the Celtic Irish to Christianity. Legend has it that he used a small, three-leafed plant to ...

Legend has it that Patrick explained the Holy Trinity — the father, son and holy spirit — using the three leaves of a native Irish clover, the shamrock. "The shamrock was a sacred plant in ...

Around St. Patrick’s Day, grocery stores or floral shops sell “shamrock” plants. This imposter is a plant from the genus Oxalis, a member of the wood sorrel family. It hails from mountainous regions ...

CARROLLTON, Mo. — If a leprechaun leaps from the faerie den this St. Patrick’s Day to ask if you know a shamrock from a clover, what will you answer? “If you said the shamrock is a clover ...