The team website says the following about the role of the leprechaun: The Notre Dame logo features ... Fightin' Irish realized multiple people needed to be selected from the various sports programs.

Graphic designer Emily Morgan added a little more detail to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Logo in her latest design.

For some detractors, these more commercialised expressions of St. Patrick’s Day serve to propagate stereotypes of Ireland, with pints of Guinness and shamrock images seen everywhere The Irish ...

On Tuesday, Notre Dame issued a statement in response to the school's Fighting ... Logo Products survey taken by 1,266 participants. "The leprechaun, of course, is symbolic of the Fighting Irish ...