Country Studies

Why daffodils? Possibly   the reason why the daffodil is used as an emblem is that the word for daffodil and for leek are the same in Welsh (Cenhinen = Leek, Cenhinen Pedr = Daffodil). This confusion means that both have been adopted as national emblems.

Symbols of the UK Northern Ireland

Shamrock

Why a shamrock? It was the Celtic druids who started the shamrock on its path to Irish glory! They believed the no. 3 to be a perfect number and, as such, to have mystical powers. Then St Patrick according to legend used the plant to illustrate the Christian concept of the Trinity i.e. to show how one God divided into three: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.