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I have selected this as our motto. It means The Fighting Irish in gaelic according to some site I found. But where does the term come from. Apparently its not really known: https://www.quora.com/Where-does-Fighting-Irish-come-from-aside-from-Notre-Dame-and-do-Irish-people-consider-it-offensive

For me this piece by Notre Dame was significant . Like them we are not all of Irish heritage yet we are all fighting for eIreland and most of us through this have even made a study of Irish culture and traditions. I was also a cultural history student in the end 1 of 2. i could not complete this so the 2 become 1. The other student was an art student. We studied the roman and greek mythology.
In our 3rd year we would have studied French mythology which I know nothing about. But anyway irish mythology and customs is very interesting in keeping with that the Irish army has as its motto the fighting irish because in the end like this piece of Notre Dame it will be what we are known as whether we were in fact irish or not.

EXPLAINING THE MOTTO OF NOTRE DAME - THE FIGHTING IRISH OR Na hÉireannaigh Trodacha
Many people wonder (or worry) about Notre Dame and that word, Irish. To us, it doesn't mean race exclusively; nor is it just another nickname. The fact is, it keeps alive the memory of a long, uphill fight for recognition against a spirit that was not always generous, nor even fair-minded. The Irish, as known at Notre Dame, has an authentic history and a meaning deeper even than race.
Notre Dame began athletic relations chiefly with local colleges founded by various denominations. Press reports would refer to the schools as the “Baptists” or the “Methodists,” and the like. For Notre Dame it was the “Catholics,” or the “Irish.” But the players were never all of Irish ancestry; nor were they all Catholics.
The usage was not original, but a continuing custom from earlier Colonial times. The bulk of the first Catholic immigrants were Irish -- so that Catholics and Irish were identical in the public mind. It is sad to recall now, but few of the original states were without laws against them. Advertisements for ‘help wanted’ commonly carried the restriction: “No Catholics. No Irish.” The Puritans were the first to cry: “Stop the Irish!”
When the religious origin of other colleges lost its significance, the emphasis shifted to conventional names, and to their school colors. But history is recorded remembrance in our blessed heritage here at Notre Dame. Fighting Irish! It’s more than a name; more than a people. It is the Faith!
In narrow, little New England, it began as a slur -- a term of opprobrium. But we took it up and made of it a badge of honor -- a symbol of fidelity and courage to everyone who suffers from discrimination; to everyone who has an uphill fight for the elemental decencies, and the basic Christian principles woven into the texture of our nation. Preserving this tradition, and this meaning of Irish at Notre Dame does honor to everyone of us. It explains why Lewinski belongs here; why Alessandrini is the Irish leader; why Schmaltz belongs here; why Bertrand, and Moreau, Van Dyke, and Larson feel at home here as much as do Leahy and O’Brien.


And thanks Don. for the motto.