The skulls of Irishmen appear to be universally of a more firm and massive construction than those of other people, probably because they are trained to receive shillelah blows.
Wherever they met in any considerable numbers, a shillelah battle was sure to take place, and many lives were usually lost.
When Paddy returned I was still yawning, but in the shake of a shillelah he had me inside the new costume, and he stood back against the wall with his hand raised in amazement and admiration at the glory he beheld.
My father used to say, have as little to do with the law as possible, for what's the use of bringing your man into the courts when a good shillelah is speedier and more satisfactory to all concerned.
United and happy, at liberty’s shrine, May the rose and the thistle long flourish and twine Round a sprig of shillelah and shamrock so green.
I, “that gave Patrick his birth, Bless the land of the oak, and its neighboring earth, Where grows the shillelah and shamrock so green.
At evening returning, as homeward he goes, His heart, soft with whiskey, his head soft with blows, From a sprig of shillelah and shamrock so green.
With your sprig of shillelah and shamrock so green?
Clehalpeen; a shillelah or cudgel with a knob at the end.
Kippen or kippeen; any little bit of stick: often used as a sort of pet name for a formidable cudgel or shillelah for fighting.
With his sprig of shillelah and shamrock so green.
Malone seemed specially at a loss, when a bouquet filled one hand, while his shillelah occupied the other.
He stood with his hat on the back of his head, and his shillelah grasped in his dexter fist, answering much at random the questions of the newly-arrived party from the Redhouse.
As for Mike, he grasped a shillelah that he habitually carried, when not at work, looking round, as if waiting for orders from the captain, on whom to begin.
With your sprig of shillelah and shamrock so green.
The tent was then cleaned out and prepared for a new company of theshillelah boys.
I seized it violently with both my hands, and would not relinquish the gripe until he drew a shillelah from his girdle, and gave me such a violent blow on my left arm, I thought the bone was broken, and the spear fell helplessly from my hands.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shillelah" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
