How did the University of Notre Dame get the nickname "The Fighting Irish"? Why not "The Fighting Frenchmen"?

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fred flintstone

I don't know but could it be because they never stop fighting?

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jackpipe30

It's an Irish Catholic University, plus Fighting Frenchmen would be an oxymoron. Yes, I went there, the French are cowards and they smell bad.

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