Shamrock Collection

Irish Guards Shamrock
The duke of Connaught presents Irish Guardsmen with a sprig of shamrock each

Shamrock V races
The first appearance in a race by the Shamrock V, Sir Thomas Liptons Americas Cup challenger in 1930. The Shamrock V is seen here in the foreground, alongside Lord Camroses Cambria

Greeting from Ireland - postcard
Greetings from Ireland - a souvenir postcard

Launch of Shamrock V
The Shamrock V yacht, commissioned by Sir Thomas Lipton to contest the Americas Cup, is launched at Gosport, Hampshire following the naming ceremony by Lady Shaftesbury Date: 14 April 1930

Music cover, The Irish Tango, novelty song, words by J Brandon Walsh, music by Ernest Breuer. 1914

An Irish Cabin - Northern Ireland Date: circa 1903

FLOWER S
Flowery S

RMS Titanic, folk art, trivet decorated with shamrocks
RMS TITANIC: Rare folk art trivet decorated with shamrocks and engraved RMS Titanic 1912. The trivet has been converted to act as a three legged pot with cover. 2ins. Date: 1912

Sir Thomas Lipton on a yacht
Sir Thomas Lipton (May 1848- October 1931) on board his steam yacht Erin'. Preparing for the Challenger of the America cup on the sailing boat Shamrock II

Music cover, Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry, popular Irish song, arranged by Walter Collins, featured and broadcast by Barbara Mullen Date: 1945

Advert, The Irish Warehouse, Regent Street, London Date: 1911

Shamrock IV by W. Fred Mitchell, 1914 Date: 1914

Drowning the shamrock on St. Patrick?s Night
Drowning the shamrock on St. Patricks Night. Date: 1853

Good Luck postcard, Royal Irish Guards, WW1. Bonne Chance Pour Toi, Mon Garcon. Date: 1914-1918

Shamrock pea or blue oxalis, Parochetus communis. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Bowies oxalis, Oxalis bowiei. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Mills from Benjamin Maund and the Rev. John Stevens Henslows The Botanist, London, 1836

Shamrock IV
A diagram illustrating the height of the yacht Shamrock IV, British challenger for the Americas Cup in 1920, owned by Sir Thomas Lipton

Shamrock V yacht by G. H. Davis
A diagram by G.H.Davis of the British Americas Cup challenger, Shamrock V, showing the difference between the configuration of the mast and sails for different sailing requirements

Launch of Shamrock III
At Dumbarton, the yacht Shamrock III is launched, supported on pontoons. Owned by Sir Thomas Lipton, the yacht was to be his third challenger for the Americas Cup

An Irish Peasant Girl - Northern Ireland Date: circa 1903

Thomas Beasley, Irish horseracing jockey
Thomas (Tommy) Beasley, Irish horseracing jockey. late 19th century

Biddy, by Laurence Cowen
Biddy by Laurence Cowen (or Cohen). First produced at the Fortune Theatre, Covent Garden, London, December 1926. The title character depicted here is an Irish girl, as the shamrock suggests

St Patricks Day in the Morning, Selling Shamrock - a posed picture of two girls selling two women Shamrocks outside. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Children Gathering Shamrock for St. Patricks Day
Children Gathering Shamrock forSt. Patricks Day - a view of four children on a mound gathering shamrocks into baskets. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

A display of shamrock boxes on a table for sending to the troops in the Great War. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Toddler with IRA graffiti, Belfast, Northern Ireland
A toddler stands in front of a wall displaying IRA graffiti, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Cover design, Irish Exhibition Programme, Olympia, London
Cover design, Irish Exhibition, Official Daily Programme, Olympia, London, 6, 7 and 8 August 1888. 1888

King of the Waterfalls
The king is astounded as the ugly crop-haired girl is transformed into a raving beauty as she stoops to pick up some shamrock. (Irish story)

Greetings telegram, happy birthday
Greetings telegram with a patriotic design, happy birthday. Date: 1942

Music cover, A Glorious Sprig of Shamrock for your Coat, written by Albert Hall, composed by C W Murphy, sung by Michael Nolan. 1900

Camp Fire Girls on parade, Hudson, Massachusetts, USA
Camp Fire Girls on parade with banners in Hudson, Massachusetts, USA. They belong to a scouting type organisation for girls which was founded in the early 20th century

Thomas Lipton launches Shamrock IV, 1914
Sir Thomas Lipton photographed at Gosport in June 1914 after his fourth challenger for the Americas Cup had been christened by the Countess of Shaftesbury and safely launched in Portsmouth harbour

British coins, two Elizabeth II sixpences for 1966 and 1967, with a design on the reverse representing England (rose), Scotland (thistle), Wales (leek) and Ireland (shamrock). Date: 1966-1967

Shamrock I and Shamrock III
During trials for the 1903 Americas Cup off the New York coast, Shamrock III, the challenger that year, races against the challenger in 1899, Shamrock I

Seasonable Cakes. Shamrock Cake. St Patricks Day Celebration Date: 1936

Shamrock IV at sea in rough weather, WW1
The Shamrock IV at sea in rough weather at the start of the First World War. The America Cup was postponed because of the war, but the Shamrock was already at sea, and continued on to New York

Interior of a Northern Irish Cabin Date: circa 1903

Spinning wool for Irish Homespuns - Northern Ireland Date: circa 1903

Building an Ocean Liner at Harland & Wolff, Belfast - In the Course of Construction. Date: circa 1903

The Challenger, Shamrock III
The 1903 unsuccessful challenger for the Americas Cup, Shamrock III (of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club), owned by Sir Thomas Lipton. Date: 1903

Greetings Postcard with good luck Shamrocks
Greetings Postcard with Good Luck Shamrocks surrounding a wax-sealed envelope Date: 1912

The immortal Shamrock. Date c1870

The wedding bible given to the Princess Royal
A bible gifted to Victoria(Vicky)(1840-1901), eldest daughter of Queen Victoria, the Princess Royal, on the occasion of her wedding to Prince Frederick William of Prussia

The America Cup challengers: Shamrock II launched at Dumbart
A symbol of three kingdoms: the pontoons " Thistle", " Rose" and the yacht " Shamrock II". The Illustrated London News claimed that at the time of publication this was

Royal wedding 1893 - the wedding dress material
The pattern of the wedding dress was selected by the bride herself, Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary)(1867-1953)

Irish Guards & Mascot
The band and mascot - an Irish Wolfhound - of the Irish Guards wearing the shamrock on St Patricks Day. Date: 1920s

Shamrock III and Sir Thomas Lipton
The 1903 challenger for the America Cup: Shamrock III, and her owner, Sir Thomas Lipton. Date: 1903

America Cup Yacht Race 1901
The Americas Cup race of 1901 saw Scottish businessman Sir Thomas Lipton as the Challenger with his yacht, Shamrock II of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club (designed by George Lennox Watson)

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