Why in the hell does a team In the USA, named after a French Cathedral, have an Irish mascot? What’s with the identity crisis?

The English translation of Notre Dame is “Our Lady” in French. The Notre Dame Bonapartes would be more applicable.

The Notre Dame Hunch Backs? Get real. Can you imagine the mascot?

We watched the fighting Irish play yesterday and instead of enjoying their victory, we thought about the past. Why in the uncivilized world would Micks, or dirty drunken Irish immigrants, wind up in a college which belongs in Paris?