ND in Dublin: The Fighting Irish Come Home 

I desend from Dublin. My Grandmother's maiden name was O'Sullivan and they dropped the "O" when the family moved from Ireland in the 1800's to America.

It didn't. It's a Catholic school built on funding from French Catholic church. The reason they are the "Fighting Irish" is because of the school's third President, who was the unit chaplain of the 69th Infantry during the Civil War, aka the Irish Brigade.

HolyDiver Bronco My grandma's family came over before then, but they kept the O' in front of Quinn. I used to roll my eyes when I would see a Notre Dame game on TV and look at Brady Quinn.

O' Quinn is not really any better than quin ,both are anglicisations of a gaelic name as are most irish names so wouldn't be rolling my eyes.There are loads of quinns in my village and county.For instance my name is boland,but originally and still is O' Bheolain.My sisters before they were married were ni bheolain and when i was a boy i was ui bheolain,I can use the gaelic or english version of my name,but my point is that the anglicisations though not wrong as such are not more original than the other

@@BobPapadopoulos actually not true. Knute Rockne coined the Fightin Irish name. He said, "This team is full of nothing but Fightin Irish" and it stuck. That's straight from Notre Dame Lore. 👍

Lol what football team wants to call France home 😂. I’d keep that bit of knowledge under your Irish hat friend.

But were irish catholics that founded them

well anthony, why do you not go to the Notre Dame which is Latin for Blessed Lady and you will find out why they are now IRISH and stop whinging like a little girl, yours all things IRISH

Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, of Skunk Works fame, was the son of Swedish immigrants. As a youngster in Michigan, he was compared to an Irish boxer named Kelly. That nickname stuck.

Mayby because they were founded by irish men

​@@shane-irishThey weren't. ND was founded by French priests.

Glasgow?

how would work glasgow celtic are gods

Great idea!

Uh no. Super Bowl is NFL. Notre Dame is a college football team

No but some former players have

No but they've won many national championships, which is the equivalent to super bowl for college football teams. College football is a massive sport in USA, maybe not as big as professional football but probably bigger than pro basketball and many other pro sports

@@andrewscruggs5906 I am so thankful that I cheer for Elite Mighty Bama which just has had the most dominant dynasty in the entire history of the sport! 6 recent National Titles whereas ND has not won a national title in 35 years.

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Your an idiot Miley, you can't even write your name properly.

@@combatsurfers and your an absolute douche hat that did not answer and very real question … but you comment on my name?? Are you 12 or something or just pathetic?

@Paul McLaren Yes but they(scottish) didn't start wearing the kilt till the 16th century and it never really caught on in ireland despite various attempts to make it popular

Every thing in Scotland has come from Ireland, name Scots, language (where the Irish monks settle on western isles) Whiskey, the family name Mc and Mac which are Irish family names for daughter and grand daughter off (since Ò is for son off)

T he kilt the Scots wear today is from the design for an English King specifically made for him, a King George who refused to wear the Scottish dress cos it was too IRISH, this is why the English designed the Kilt worn by the Scots today to satisfy their King. the original KILT, KELT, is Irish and can be proved. There are some beautiful drawings, and illustrations of the IRISH dress of the 16th and 17th centuries available in books which can be sourced. If you really want to know the history of the KILT ask the English, they will gladly tell you, Brien Boru

DoesNotExist305 you couldn’t be more wrong. The main student body for three quarters of the 20th century was Irish catholics from Illinois and the surrounding areas. This lead many Irish people in New York City to relate to them. When the Notre Dame football team would come to play at Yankee stadium the fans (WHO WERE IRISH) would get drunk and fight. One reporter who was covering one such occasion to come titled his article here come the Fightin Irish (referring to the crowd) and the named stuck. So while they may not have a connection to the geographic island of Ireland they sure as hell are Irish.

You idiot

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It could be Northwestern's fans shouting "Kill the Fighting Irish" during the match-up in 1899 or the exhortation from a Notre Dame player to his teammates, "What's wrong with you guys? You're all Irish and you're not fighting worth a lick" during the Michigan game in 1909

stop whinging you little whinger, to find the IRISH connection why don't you go there and see for yourself, the IRISH paved the way for most all other immigrants to enter the USA, you do not know your own history, yours Ellis Island