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Notre Dame's Fighting Irish leprechaun is the fourth-most offensive college football mascot in the nation, according to a new survey. The top three most offensive mascots, the survey says, wear ...
Is Notre Dame's Fighting Irish Leprechaun mascot "offensive"? A strong majority of IrishCentral readers agree - find out how the results turned out here.
In 1965, the first leprechaun mascot took the field. Since then, every spring, Notre Dame students try out for three leprechaun spots.
Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish leprechaun is the latest sports mascot to draw public ire over claims of cultural appropriation.
Notre Dame’s Leprechaun, played by Samuel Jackson, leads the Fighting Irish on to the field before a football game against USC on Oct. 12, 2019, in South Bend, Ind.
Football season is almost upon us. For most Fighting Irish fans, that means an annual pilgrimage to Notre Dame. With the most storied tradition in all of college sports, game days on its campus ...
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A common misconception is that Notre Dame’s team name, “Fighting Irish,” is an arbitrary ethnic moniker, possibly even one intended to diminish that group. The name originated as a tribute ...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - History will be made on the sidelines at Notre Dame Stadium this weekend when the Fighting Irish host the Pittsburgh Panthers. For the first time ever at a football game ...
Notre Dame says their Fighting Irish Leprechaun mascots, voted as "offensive" in a recent survey, "stand as celebratory representations of a genuine Irish heritage." ...
Lynnette Wukie, who majors in film, television and theater, said she believed earning the Fighting Irish leprechaun spot was her "destiny." ...
Leprechaun is the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Mascot. Get detailed information on Leprechaun's appearance, why the Notre Dame mascot is Leprechaun, and much more on Sportskeeda.