Notre Dame's leprechaun was named fourth-most offensive, behind Osceola and Renegade of Florida State, the Aztec Warrior of San Diego State and Vili the Warrior of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

History of Notre Dame's mascot and logo. The earliest recording of a mascot is believed to be from a football game between Harvard and Yale in 1894 when a live bear cub was on the sideline.

As noted by Notre Dame, the university "has a valid claim to the nickname because the brigade’s beloved chaplain was Rev. William Corby, C.S.C., who later became the third president of Notre Dame." ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- A controversial list -- by Notre Dame fans' standards at least -- that ranked the Fighting Irish's leprechaun as the fourth-most offensive mascot in the nation has disappeared ...

As the Cleveland Indians abandon their Chief Wahoo logo in 2019, should the University of Notre Dame also put the “Fighting Irish” out to pasture?

In 2019, the university introduced the first-ever female leprechaun, who was also the third Black student at Notre Dame to be the official mascot in its "most diverse roster" in history.