Natural Irish blackthorn wood shillelagh with polished natural bark and genuine leather strap. From this page you can Subscribe & Unsubscribe. Natural Blackthorn Irish Shillelagh Club. Use the button below to visit our Shillelagh Clubs mailing list page. Subscribe to this page to receive emails every time we put up new sticks on this page. (Does not include 1 USC win vacated due to NCAA penalty original record: 37 Trojan heads. Once subscribed, you will only receive updates about this page of our store - Shillelagh Clubs Page. There are now 48 shamrocks, 36 Trojan heads and 5 combined medallions on the shillelaghs. It contains medallions beginning with the 1990 game. When the original shillelagh ran out of space for the Trojan heads and shamrocks after the 1989 game, it was retired and is permanently displayed at Notre Dame.Ī new shillelagh - slightly longer than the original - was commissioned by Jim Gillis, a former baseball player at both USC and Notre Dame and a one-time president of the Notre Dame Club of Los Angeles, and handcrafted in 1997 in County Leitrim, Ireland. Although the shillelagh was introduced in 1952, the medallions go back to the start of the series in 1926. It was devised by the Notre Dame Alumni Club of Los Angeles, based on a suggestion by Vern Rickard. You can use your spellcasting ability for the attack and damage rolls of melee attacks using that weapon and its damage is d8. The original shillelagh was flown from Ireland by Howard Hughes’ pilot, according to legend. Shillelagh: (Transmutation cantrip, 1 bonus action, Touch, 1 minute, V/S/M (mistletoe, a shamrock leaf, and a club or quarterstaff)) Your club or quarterstaff becomes magical. Upon its initial presentation in 1952 by the Notre Dame Alumni Club of Los Angeles, it was said that “this shillelagh will serve to symbolize in part the high tradition, the keen rivalry and above all the sincere respect which these two great universities have for each other.” On the end of the club is engraved, “From the Emerald Isle.” The victor of the Trojan-Irish game gains year-long possession of the trophy. For tie games, a combined Trojan head/shamrock medallion is used. The foot-long shillelagh has ruby-adorned Trojan heads with the year and game score representing USC victories, while emerald-studded shamrocks stand for Notre Dame wins. The club is proud to sponsor many charitable events such. In 1997 with a membership of approximately 150 members the organization opened its clubhouse and the membership finally had a home to call its own. Those are the only woods used because, it is said, they are the only ones tougher than an Irish skull. The Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh of the Jersey Shore is located at 815 Sixteenth Avenue, Belmar NJ, 07719 and was started in June of 1991. A jeweled shillelagh is passed between the annual winner of the USC-Notre Dame game, perhaps the finest intersectional rivalry in college football.Ī shillelagh (pronounced “shuh-LAY-lee”) is a Gaelic war club made of oak or blackthorn saplings from Ireland.
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