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The Notre Dame Leprechaun is the mascot of the University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame) Fighting Irish athletics department. He appears at athletic events, most notably at football games. He was designed by sports artist Theodore W. Drake in 1964 for US$50. [1] The Leprechaun was featured in the cover of TIME magazine in November 1964. [2]
An Irish scout presenting a leprechaun doll to Lord Rowallan, Chief Scout at the 9th World Scout Jamboree, Sutton Coldfield, 1957. Items portrayed in this file
The Notre Dame Leprechaun, official mascot of the Fighting Irish sports teams at the University of Notre Dame; Lucky the Leprechaun, mascot of the Boston Celtics, who is featured on the team's logo; Hornswoggle, a character created by professional wrestler Dylan Mark Postl, who competed under the persona for the majority of his WWE tenure
A singing gerbil in a leprechaun hat wooed the crowd at one point. ... Notre Dame Fighting Irish fans cheer during the second half against the Indiana Hoosiers in the first on-campus game of the ...
The leprechaun first became the school's mascot in 1965 after the program was originally led by a series of Irish terrier dogs. The mascot was labeled the fourth-most offensive in college football ...
"For the Irish, it’s much more than the leprechauns and green color," English professor and Irish culture expert Ninian Mellamphy told the Pepperdine University Graphic in 2003. "The real ...
The Fighting Irish made the 4-team College Football Playoff twice, in the 2018 and 2020 seasons, failing to make the championship game both times. In the inaugural 12-team playoff after the 2024 season, the Irish defeated the Indiana Hoosiers , Georgia Bulldogs , and Penn State Nittany Lions , earning the right to face the Ohio State Buckeyes ...
The Irish Catholics took great care to avoid angering the fairy folk. Believing in fairies must not have been too far-fetched for St. Patrick. After all, Christian beliefs also include fairylike ...