[heterosupremacist]

TigersEye wrote: I could be wrong but isn’t it possible that the nickname “Fighting Irish” derives from the heavy presence of Irish militia in the War of Independence fighting for George Washington or the all Irish militia units in the Civil War? Without knowing for certain I wouldn’t assume it comes from Irish brawlers in pubs. But the 69th Division of This article is about the 1940 film. For the actual infantry unit nicknamed "Fighting Sixty-Ninth", see 69th Infantry Regiment (New York). An American war film starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, and George Brent. The plot is based upon the actual exploits of New York City's 69th Infantry Regiment during World War I. The regiment was first given that nickname by opposing General Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War. Several real-life personages depicted in The Fighting 69th include Father Francis P. Duffy, the chaplain, future OSS leader "Wild Bill" Donovan, the battalion commander, Lt. Oliver Ames, a platoon commander, and then-Sgt. Joyce Kilmer, the poet (Jeffrey Lynn).

[morphing libertarian]

One possibility is that the nickname is inherited from Irish immigrant soldiers who fought in the Civil War with the Union’s Irish Brigade. Notre Dame’s claim to the nickname would seem to come from the presence of Fr. William Corby, CSC, the third president of Notre Dame, who was at the Battle of Gettysburg.

[TigersEye]

Irish participation in the American Revolution helped make American independence a reality.

While tens of thousands of old Gaelic names of 17th and 18th Century Irish immigrants appear with astonishing regularity in completely verifiable colonial records, any reference to these people is almost totally omitted from our standard American histories, including the American Revolution.

The following documented facts is an example of Irish participation in the American Revolution.

• At the Battle of Lexington (April 19, 1775), 174 Irish were present.
• At the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775), 698 Irish were present.
• A prominent American, Joseph Galloway, also an English Tory told the English House of Commons, on October 27, 1779, that one-half of Washington’s Continental Army was Irish.
• On April 2, 1784, Luke Gardiner, afterward Lord Mountjoy, told the English Parliament, “America was lost by Irish emigrants … I am assured from the best authority, the major part of the American Army was composed of Irish and that the Irish language was as commonly spoken in the American ranks as English, I am also informed it was their valor that determined the contest …“
• Many Irish, banished by England, fought with Lafayette.  At the Siege of Savannah, 637 Irish were killed.

[heterosupremacist]

The fighting 69th (ONLY BY THEIR SELFLESS HEROISM) gained the respect of Americans during the 'NINA' era... Don't try to tell me about the subjugation of the 'Blacks' in Our Beloved Republic! Sheeit! I'm an Irishman, and I have the facts to back up my posts!