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

The shamrock, the famous three-leaf clover, has been associated with Ireland for centuries. It was called the “seamroy” by the pagans and was considered a sacred plant that symbolized the ...

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 ...

US president Donald Trump has discussed trade with Ireland and tariffs on EU goods during a meeting with Taoiseach Micheál ...

The holiday has been celebrated in Ireland for over a thousand years in observance of Saint Patrick, who introduced ...

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, you’re in luck ...

What is a true “Shamrock”? The true Irish Shamrock (Seamog in Gaelic, summer plant) is Trifolium repens, commonly known as white clover. This tri-leafed plant grows wild throughout Ireland ...