shillelagh

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Dublin Mayor Phil Best presented Newton with a shillelagh, a symbol of the Emerald City.

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  • In the end Hornswoggle got involved, distracting Knox and the referee long enough for Finlay to use the shillelagh (an inventive finish at last!) for the three count. —  PWTorch.com
  • During Irish Week in Seattle, which features everything from a genealogy conference and run to street painting and the passing of a shillelagh (an Irish walking stick), one particular event rose to our attention. —  CNN.com
  • Seattle's century-and-a-half old Irish shillelagh is held by Seattle attorney Jim McAteer at the 1966 Society of the Friends of St. Patrick Dinner in Seattle.
  • The shillelagh was brought to Seattle from County Wicklow, Ireland in
  • For 69 years the blackthorn wood shillelagh has been part of Seattle's Irish heritage, making appearances at the annual
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  1. After Shillelagh, a village of east-central Ireland.
 

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