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[QUOTE="Townie72, post: 313590, member: 780"]
"seems to fool many Americans of Irish descent into thinking they are somehow representing them."
 
Amazingly clueless. Does DollarBill44 even know any Irish-Americans?
 
The fact is that a huge percentage of the US population has Irish ancestry thanks to the wave if immigration that occurred in the 1840's and 1850's. The Irish in America and the "Subway Alumni" aren't a product of the 1960's and 1970's. They are a product of the 1840's and 1850's. And they are with us today. Just look at the sales of ND spirit gear across the US.
 
And nobody is fooling the Irish into anything.
 
One thing the Irish have is a sense of history. Some would say that they have too strong a sense of history. They are still fighting battles from the 1100's. Notre Dame is a point of pride for many, many Irish-Americans and its part of their history. The more strongly you feel your Irish roots, the higher the probability that you also have a special spot in your heart for Notre Dame.
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