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Well the calendar has changed from February and our first successful Tour has come to an end. Today we enter into the month of March, which means we're not far from one of my favorite holidays - St. Patrick's Day! In honor of the holiday we'll be celebrating all things Irish this month here at SECW! Thus, it's with great pride that I can announce SECW will be travelling to the site of the Southeast's largest St. Patrick's Day party. In fact the St. Patrick's Day Parade here regularly draws over 400,000 spectators making it the 3rd largest in the United States behind only Chicago and NYC. If you haven't figured it out yet, SECW will be setting up shop in SAVANNAH, GA for "SECW's Shamrock Slam!" our PPV event for this month ! Original title? Perhaps not. But i'm still excited about it and I hope y'all will be too! Hope to see y'all in Savannah! So, to kick off our Irish theme this month, here are some facts about the shamrock you may not know!

A shamrock is a young sprig, used as a symbol of Ireland. Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saint, is said to have used it as a metaphor for the Christianity's Holy Trinity. The name shamrock comes from Irish seamróg, which is the diminutive of the Irish word seamair óg and simply means "young clover". The shamrock was traditionally used for its medicinal properties and was a popular motif in Victorian times. The shamrock has been used as a symbol of Ireland since the 18th century, in a similar way to how a maple leaf is used for Canada, a rose for England, a thistle for Scotland or a daffodil for Wales. The shamrock first began to evolve from a symbol purely associated with St. Patrick to an Irish national symbol when it was taken up as an emblem by rival militias during the turbulent politics of the late eighteenth century. Since the 1800 Acts of Union between Britain and Ireland the shamrock was incorporated into the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom, depicted growing from a single stem alongside the rose of England, and the thistle of Scotland to symbolise the unity of the three kingdoms. Since then, the shamrock has regularly appeared alongside the rose, thistle and (sometimes) leek for Wales in British coins such as the two shilling and crown, and in stamps. The rose, thistle and shamrock motif also appears regularly on British public buildings such as Buckingham Palace. Throughout the nineteenth century the popularity of the shamrock as a symbol of Ireland grew, and it was depicted in many illustrations on items such as book covers and St. Patrick's Day postcards. It was also mentioned in many songs and ballads of the time. For example, a popular ballad called The Shamrock Shore laments the state of Ireland in the nineteenth century.

Other Facts About the Shamrock:

The Irish Postal Service An Post, regularly features the shamrock on its series of stamps.
The airline Aer Lingus, Ireland's national airline, uses the emblem in its logos, and its air traffic control call sign is "SHAMROCK".
It has become a tradition for the Irish Taoiseach to present a bowl of shamrocks in a special Waterford Crystal bowl featuring a shamrock design to the President of the United States in the White House every St. Patrick's Day.
The flag of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada has a shamrock in the lower right quadrant. The shamrock represents the Irish population, one of the four major ethnic groups that made up the population of the city in the 19th century when the arms were designed, the other three being the French (represented by a fleur-de-lis in the upper-left), the English (represented by a rose in the upper-right), and the Scots (represented by a thistle in the lower-left).
The shamrock is featured on the passport stamp of Montserrat, many of whose citizens are of Irish descent.
The shamrock signified the Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac in the American Civil War, which contained the Irish Brigade. It can still be seen on the regimental coat of arms of "The Fighting Sixty-Ninth."
The Erin Go Bragh flag, used originally by the Saint Patrick's Battalion of the Mexican Army, uses an angelic Cláirseach, a medieval Irish harp, cradled in a wreath of clover. A flag strongly symbolic of Irish nationalism, it is often seen on Saint Patrick's Day, usually displayed during the parades.