Friday 22 November, 2024

Dara Ó Briain is educating the masses on shamrocks like the patriot he is

A shamrock has three leaves, not four.

THIS IS A shamrock.

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This is a four-leaf clover.

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Unfortunately, the two are often treated as one and the same, particularly on St. Patrick’s Day when four-leaf clovers are portrayed as a symbol of Ireland

Even the shamrock emoji has it wrong.

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Today, Dara Ó Briain has taken it upon himself to educate the masses on the difference between the two.

All right people, it's very simple. A shamrock has THREE leaves. And a four leaf clover has nothing to do with Ireland.
— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) March 17, 2015

Dara Ó Briain / Twitter

He’s even corrected some of his showbiz chums on the differences.

@achrisevans @MoGherras @kc_creperie emm.... That's a four leaf clover, not a shamrock. Nothing Irish about that at all, I'm afraid.
— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) March 17, 2015