Why is Notre Dame the Fighting Irish?

[Boner_18]

The name is French but the mascot is the Fighting Irish, what gives?




*The Simpson's are responsible for this inquiry.

[pavyracer]

Catholics

[jjgold]

Should be fighting blacks
majority of players are black and not Irish

they need to recruit from the ghettos again and forget the educated blacks as they are not killers.

[tacomax]

Notre Dame's nickname is inherited from Irish immigrant soldiers who fought in the Civil War with the Union's Irish Brigade, (consisting of the 69th NY, 63rd NY, 88th NY, 116th Pennsylvania, and 28th Mass. Infantry Regiments), recollected among other places in the poetry of Joyce Kilmer who served with one of the Irish Brigade regiments during World War I. Though the Irish regiments and Kilmer were well-known, particularly in the urban ethnic community, during the era between the Civil War and World War II, Notre Dame's claim to the nickname is justified since its third president was a famous Irish Brigade chaplain whose ministrations at Gettysburg are commemorated in the "Absolution Under Fire," part of Notre Dame's permanent art collection. This chaplain's name was Fr. William Corby. There are two identical monuments dedicated to him, one is on the battlefield at the Gettysburg National Military Park, and the other is on the campus of Notre Dame.

[awhitejackson]

The irish are some of the most devout Catholics in the world....Even more so than the French and Italians

[BadNina]

Cause Pissed Off Midgets isn't politcally correct.

[iLogan]

Should be fighting blacks majority of players are black and not Irish they need to recruit from the ghettos again and forget the educated blacks as they are not killers.

that would apply for almost every team, dumbsh*t

[urge2kill]

Should be fighting blacks
majority of players are black and not Irish

they need to recruit from the ghettos again and forget the educated blacks as they are not killers.

Only 3.7% of Notre Dame students are black.

[pico]

nd defense exposes black qb

[HoulihansTX]

Should be fighting blacks majority of players are black and not Irish they need to recruit from the ghettos again and forget the educated blacks as they are not killers.

Dear God stop posting period.

This is one of the more ignorant post I've seen on this board, and you have made the Mt. Rushmore of ignorant posts/members.

WOW good thing this is the internet were people can type things they would never say out loud in public.

[20Four7]

Love the Irish...... I almost did my Masters there...... then I probably would have seasons tickets to the football games.

[BigdaddyQH]

The school was named after a famous Catholic Church in France. The nickname "Fighting Irish" was given to them in the teens or twenties when the majority of their players were from the heavily populated Irish sections of Chicago.

[TheBeautifulGame]

The irish are some of the most devout Catholics in the world....Even more so than the French and Italians

May be 10-20 years ago but not really anymore. Yes, the majority of us are Catholic but far less people 'practice' it now.

[TheBeautifulGame]

Love the Irish...... I almost did my Masters there...... then I probably would have seasons tickets to the football games.

Who couldn't love the Irish

[BigdaddyQH]

Who couldn't love the Irish

I love the Irish................................... ...on March 17th.