Notre Dame's “Fighting Irish” hockey team heads to Belfast, Ireland to participate in the annual Friendship for Hockey event. Still, the school felt it necessary to warn students about what not to wear when visiting the Emerald Isles.
Essentially telling students and hockey fans not to be too obviously “Irish,” the school released a list of what Americans should not wear when visiting Belfast for a game.
This will be the seventh year that the Fighting Irish have participated in hockey games, with the goal of bringing the game to countries where it traditionally hasn't existed. But school officials don't want students or fans to become bad customers.
School officials told students heading to Belfast what they should avoid wearing. The list of things not to wear includes the color green, anything with the words “Fighting Irish” or “Ireland” on it, shamrocks, the Irish flag and anything resembling a leprechaun.
The school also has a “what to wear list.” Students can wear the school's navy and gold colors, Notre Dame hockey logo, or monogram.
The school explains that Irish people may be offended by things that are commonly perceived as Irish in the United States, so these items are prohibited. The school said items on the banned list could also be irritating to the Irish public due to the long-standing hostility between Northern Ireland and Ireland, which has been involved in a civil war for decades. It is said that there is a sex.
Strangely enough, blobble He pointed out that the jerseys the school designed for the team to wear at Friendship Four games actually feature both a shamrock and the word “Irish.”
At least it's not green.
But after the inevitable social media uproar, Notre Dame removed the post about what not to wear. It's unclear whether this will open the floodgates for dozens of Americans dressed like leprechauns to flood into Belfast.
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