Legend suggests that the shamrock was used by St Patrick in the 5th
century to demonstrate the meaning of the Trinity.
The plant was reputed to have mystic powers, the leaves standing upright
to warn of an approaching storm.
Only one thing is certain about the shamrock, Ireland's most famous symbol
worn by millions on St Patrick's Day: The word is derived from the
Irish 'seamróg', meaning 'summer plant'.
Enno
Harald
Wolfgang Stefan
Shamrock
Seamróg assembled now and then in ninetyfive out of four so far non-irish guitar-players. They sat together, drank some whiskey, talked ´bout this and that and drank some more whiskey. Suddenly clouds appeared, a flash stroke and they played like hell. They played so fast, that one guitar-player mutated to a fiddler and the other guitar-players tried to protect themselves by playing Irish tunes. That´s the way it goes today - as the above picture shows (but the clouds have disappeared now).
Every now and then you can join Shamrock at various places throughout the world. Frankly, mainly in Europe. Well, mostly in Germany. OK, sometimes outside Berlin. For example at the
Westfalia Summer Folk Session at Großenheerse Windmill
on the 12th of July 1998
If you missed that gorgeous event, you possibly could make us putting some pictures of it on this page. You just have to send us some nice emails asking for it.
see you..
NEWS !
An dieser Stelle wird bald ein Videoclip von Shamrock zu finden sein. Enno und Harald spielen "Lord Franklin" an der Großenheerser Mühle.
Slán go foill
by Sep.99 for these songs recording has been finished
Red Is The Colour
and they are just about to be put on CD
Back Home In Derry
The Garden Song
By August 2000 these songs have been selected Star of County Down
to be put on disc: Red is the Colour*
Humours of Glendart
Lord Franklin
Four Green Fields
Dirty Old Town
Lizzie Lindsay
Step It Out Mary
De Moel
Cod Liver Oil
The Sick Note
* länger (1,2 MB) und in besserer Qualität: Red is the Colour
und in Bälde werden wir wohl auch ein nettes Cover gebastelt haben... :-)
