On March 17th, or whenever your local St. Patrick Celebration happened to kick off, the black stuff will undoubtedly be flowing en mass. But that cold and creamy traditional Irish brew aside we strongly feel here at the Shamrock Club that there are other just as worthy thirst-quencing options to check out while proudly donning your green.

As part of your esteemed Gold and Green Shamrock membership, you receive a sleek and beautiful Ogham (pronounced “AHG-m” or “OH-ehm”) marked with the ancient Irish alphabet composed of 25 unique symbols dating back to the 1st century.

As the 2013 Oscars will be broadcast on ABC this Sunday, Irishman Daniel Day-Lewis looks to be the odds-on favorite for his turn as Abraham Lincoln in Stephen Spielberg's “Lincoln” to add yet a third Oscar for Best Actor to his mantelpiece. Day-Lewis is but one of many fine thespians from the Emerald Isle.

As a Shamrock Club member, you are privy to insider information on all things Irish. This time we will let you in on our favorite Irish pubs around the country we have discovered with painstaking research. With this new found information you will now be considered the most knowledgeable publican on your block.

IrishCentral is proud to launch The Shamrock Club, an exclusive club for IrishCentral readers.

The Football Association of Ireland is looking to invite representatives of Republic of Ireland Supporters Clubs around the world to attend a Supporters Conference in Dublin on March 26.
 
As part of the FAI’s involvement in The Gathering 2013, the Association is reaching out to all supporters clubs to come together at an event in the Ballsbridge Inn on Tuesday, March 26 – the day of Ireland’s crucial World Cup qualifier against Austria at Aviva Stadium.
 
This event will see representatives of the official ROI Supporters Clubs (RISSC) join with newly formed supporters clubs to discuss matters of mutual interest which the FAI hopes will help those clubs grow in the years to come.
 
FAI Regional Manager Gerry Reardon has been delighted with the response so far. “We’ve already had representatives confirmed as attending from supporters clubs including London, Midlands UK, Huddersfield, Dublin, Derry, West of Ireland, Edinburgh, Vancouver, ‘You Boys in Green’ and the ‘FAI Inclusive Supporters Club’,” he explained.
 
“We are also looking to engage with the established clubs and will be seeking interest from new groups of supporters from around the globe.
 
“With the growth of the Diaspora worldwide in recent years there are still a number of clubs out there who are off the radar or a number of loose affiliates that haven’t organised themselves yet which we may be able to assist.
 
“It’ll be a get together first and foremost where clubs can share their knowledge then we can explore ideas around good practice to hopefully improve and develop further partnership work between fans and the Association.  We will also explore the possibility of a worldwide Republic of Ireland Supporters Club confederation.”
 
If you are a member of an Ireland Supporters Club that has yet to be contacted or are in process of forming a club and would like to do so or would simply like to register your interest in the congress please contact: gerry.reardon@fai.ie.
 

Roy Keane is set for a return to management with his old club Nottingham Forest – if he can see off a challenge from European Cup winner Roberto Di Matteo.

A famous Dublin swimming club known for male nude bathing based at the Forty Foot site mentioned in Ulysses has again voted to ban women from becoming members.