(1) Ballybunion, for instance, has 36 holes in the dunes, but 18 of them are great and 18 are such that you couldn't persuade me to play them even with a shillelagh .(2) I couldn't get a shillelagh , so I used a cane with knots in it instead.(3) You're as likely to get mugged and beaten in Ireland as anywhere else in Western Europe, and rest assured, you won't be beaten with a magical shillelagh .(4) Incidentally, here's a good place to learn more about your shillelagh .(5) Metaphorically, with the traditional whiskey under his belt and a shillelagh under his arm, he sets the tone of the play and from there it never looks back.(6) Our whacking shillelaghs came over their heads,