American fans loving the real Irish experience ahead of sell-out Notre Dame-Navy game

WOundedKnee, faux irish? You have plenty in common so!

reading some of these comments, one would think the Celtic Tiger is still roaring and a 130 million dollar influx to the economy is peanuts; either that or the dole is more then enough to go around ..

Paulmac.You are dead right..pissing and moaning is all they do here.

save yer money for the all-irelands. wrestle ball is all about bending over unlike cricket where's there is time for tea.

nd is Irish only in it's nickname, but a lot of Irish American root for them. My issue with them is that they get special treatment because of the their famed past, which really is no more. Their schedule has been suspect for years, tho, this years is a bit tougher. Playing Navy in Ireland is a sure win for the traveling nd faithful. While Coach Kelly may not want to play in Ireland, it's not because of any Irish dislike, it because of all the complications that go with having a game played in a foreign country across the Atlantic. Me thinks if it's good of the Irish economy then go for it! Slainte!

It's no wonder the Irish economy is the way it is with the examples of idiotic thinking we get on here, you idiots obviously have never gotten off your arse for long enough or have a set big enough to open a business and to be able to take advantage of a huge cash injection like this. Stay on the dole and spend your days pissing and moaning on these comment threads. I notice it's the same few tossers that belittle everything. Nothing good to say. Get a life.

Murph, DrTrelawney: You're on the money. Notre Dame are faux Irish. I hope someone gives that stupid leprechaun a good kick in the ass.

DrTrelawney, Don't bother next year. Your absence won't even be noticed? .. that 130 million towards the local economy sure will, my cousin is a Dublin cab driver, he for one wants them back next year ..

ND is about as Irish as my dogs arse.Their coach doesn't even want to play there!

We have no interest in this bizarre sport or in this obscure mid-western university that insists on pretending to be "Irish". 100 players? How many teams are they playing? Now we learn that, despite all the blather about "Fighting Irish", these spoilt, insular student athletes won't even eat our food. Don't bother next year. Your absence won't even be noticed.

Fr Payton, a Mayo native,whose case for Sainthood is being advanced by his relgious order the Holy Cross priests who founded Notre Dame in the 1850's.