Catholics? Rovers? Ramblers? Terriers? How about the Fighting Irish.  There’s many stories and assumptions behind how Notre Dame landed on the Fighting Irish.  Lets take a look into the deep history that surrounds Notre Dame’s moniker and mascot.  

A local priest has spoken out over the cancellation of Hoboken, New Jersey’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. In his weekly column the Reverend slams those who partied at the Lepre-Con event, which replaced the Irish patron saint’s celebrations, and rapped Mayor Dawn Zimmer.

Irish American starlet Megan Fox is on the cover of this month’s Esquire magazine. In her interview with the magazine, Fox talks about how she’s ready to walk away from fame, and how she believes in leprechauns.

Scottish hunk Gerard Butler has given a whole new meaning to the term method acting with his latest role. Butler, normally a strapping 6’2” hunk, morphed into a teeny leprechaun for a role in the spoof flick Movie 43, which is due for release in January.

Jess Buzzutto, better known as the Yonkers Leprechaun, is being remembered fondly by his community in the wake of his death on Wednesday morning following a battle with illness. Buzzutto was 70 years old.

A bizarre ad was posted on the Irish classifieds website DoneDeal offering to sell a “Money Bush” which produces currency.

One Direction star Niall Horan now has more Twitter followers than the population of Ireland.

A mob of leprechauns reportedly carried out a vicious attack in the city of Seattle.
 
The victim of the attack claims a group of leprechauns beat him up in a Belltown area bar for dancing with the wrong girl. The police arrived to the bar to find the man covered in blood and screaming in pain.
 
When the officers asked him who had attacked him he said “It was a bunch of leprechauns.”
 
A witness at the scene confirmed a group of men beat him up.
 
The victim of the attack was taken to Harborview Medical Center with multiple head injuries and cuts and bruises to his face, back, knuckles and elbows.
 
The police have been unable to find the leprechauns involved.
 
This offbeat story has spread across news publications and websites like wildfire. By Friday afternoon the story was featured on BreakingNews.ie, Gawker, and on Downtown Seattle Komo. After weeks of media fixation on the “Zombie Apocalypse” fueled by the synthetic drug “bath salts” it seems the media are becoming obsessed with this leprechauns.
 
Gawker’s reporter stated “Following the recent proliferation of zombie-related news stories, it appears America has now moved on to attacks by other fantastical characters.”
 
They joked “The leprechauns have yet to be apprehended. Be vigilant all ye travelers.”
 
The Daily Mail took it even further saying “Just as the Zombie threat appears to finally be lifting it seems America could be at the mercy of an even deadlier menace.”
 
While obviously the leprechaun frenzy in Seattle is far less serious that the horrendous crimes committed under the influence of “bath salts” the media’s reaction to this Seattle man’s claims is something to behold.

Halloween movie favorite Leprechaun is to be remade – complete with all the stage Irish clichés of the original.

Seamus Fortune who works as a leprechaun part-time is the winner of the Alabama/Mississippi  Powerball lottery prize of over $60 million dollars.

1. National Leprechaun Museum, Dublin City
This museum is the place to experience the sounds, sights, and stories and magic of the land of those miniature, mischievous, mythological figures.

A County Cork town has won Ireland’s Leprechaun shoot-out and entered the Guinness Book of Records.

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The wife-to-be of Hollywood hunk Chris O’Dowd is trying to make a big impression on her prospective in-laws – with a Leprechaun tee-shirt straight from the controversial Urban Outfitters range.