Ceger Shamrock

The shamrock is a symbol of Ireland. It is a three-leafed old white clover. It is sometimes of the variety Trifolium repens (a white clover, known in Irish as seamair bhán) but today usually Trifolium dubium (a lesser clover, Irish: seamair bhuí). The diminutive version of the Irish word for 'clover' ('seamair') is 'seamróg', which was anglicised as 'shamrock', representing a close approxima ...