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 ...

Celtic folklore has a number of stories about fairies, who often carried people off, never to be seen again. And one type of fairy from this folklore includes the leprechaun. But are leprechauns real?

DUBLIN Ireland is hoping to reclaim the leprechaun from Hollywood with a new museum that, with a twinkle in its eye, places the fabled little figures back in their mythological context. If you are ...

Notre Dame will be making some athletics history this year on the sidelines. The school announced that sophomore student Lynette Wukie was one of three students selected to be the Fighting Irish's ...

Lynnette Wukie, a junior, is making history at the Catholic university. Lynnette Wukie, a junior at the University of Notre Dame, is making history one cheer at a time. The Ohio native made her debut ...

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, the ...

Researchers have defined and revised more than 500 old Irish words and it turns out leprechaun isn't Irish! While leprechauns are a quintessential part of Irish culture and mythology, the actual word ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Just four women have ever worn the suit as the Notre Dame Leprechaun, and now a current senior has become the latest to carry on that legacy. WNDU 16 Sports Reporter Sabrina ...

A group of men dressed as leprechauns were seen cheekily changing the name of New London, Wisconsin, to New Dublin ahead of St. Patrick's Day. The leprechauns changed four signs welcoming visitors to ...

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 ...