If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks →“Fighting Irish.” Represented by a small green leprechaun- hat tilted with his fists up, ready to fight- the athletic teams of this South Bend, Indiana Catholic school have been playing under this moniker for, officially, 87 years. But here’s the thing: the school was actually founded by French Catholic priests, not Irish Catholics. So, how did Notre Dame become the “Fighting Irish?” Shouldn’t they be called the “Fighting French?” Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/08/notre-dame-called-fighting-irish-despite-founded-french/ Sources: http://www3.nd.edu/~wcawley/corson/whyfightingirish.htm http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/nd-m-footbl-archive.html http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-notre-dame-football-team-known-fighting-irish-222700412--ncaaf.html http://inthepastlane.com/2013/01/01/why-notre-dame-originally-opposed-the-name-fighting-irish/ http://www.und.com/trads/nd-m-fb-trad.html http://www.nd.edu/about/history/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame http://www.holycrosscongregation.org/ http://125.nd.edu/moments/first-game-in-notre-dame-football-history/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1869_New_Jersey_vs._Rutgers_football_game http://www.nfl.com/history/chronology/1869-1910 http://www.dolphinsim.com/ratings/cf_hist/final1880.html http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/nd-m-footbl-archive.html http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/the-fighting-irish-brigade/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 http://www.irishlegends.com/pages/reflections/reflections29.html http://books.google.com/books?id=lXGEcVjBET0C&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=%E2%80%9Cusage+is+in+a+playful+spirit,+no+offense+being+intended,+this+makes+it+the+harder+to+deal+with+the+matter+effectively.%22&source=bl&ots=Rjw0zknqRj&sig=ZPw37bo7rK5K_sku4wUaBEu_Jyk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eQ7cU-qvGaqd8gGmlIDgDw&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9Cusage%20is%20in%20a%20playful%20spirit%2C%20no%20of