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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 2413379, member: 6620"] It is kind of confusing. Not surprisingly, ND was initially known as the"Catholics" but then took on the term "Ramblers" during the early 1920s in the days of the Four Horsemen and Knute Rockne. There are more than a few origin stories on how the "Fighting Irish" became affiliated with the team, ranging from stories on/about the team to taking on a not-so-endearing sociological "observation." Here's something from the school's website that goes over a bit of them: [URL="http://www.und.com/trads/nd-m-fb-name.html"]UND.COM :: The Official Site of Notre Dame Athletics[/URL] BTW, the football team at that time was very Roman Catholic and included origins of Italy, Poland and Ireland. And of course, they were coached in the 20's by a Norwegian-American who was not even Catholic (neither was the late, great Ara Parseghian, an Armenian-American, for that matter). [/QUOTE]