For 54 years as the band has blared the "Victory March" and the storied magic of Notre Dame football has played out, a leprechaun has wielded a shillelagh — leading cheers, pumping up the blue and ...

Yeats once famously asked an old Irish woman if she believed in the fairies. “Of course I don’t believe in fairies,” she scoffed, adding, “But they’re there.” That dual ability, to believe and not to ...

For the first time, Notre Damewill have a female leprechaun cheering on the sideline for the Fighting Irish this season. Lynette Wukie, a sophomore from Elyria, Ohio, was one of three students ...

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 to Union ...

For the first time, a woman will serve as one of the school's three leprechauns, the South Bend Tribune reported. Officials with Notre Dame's cheerleading program announced Tuesday that Lynette Wukie, ...