Irish Channel- Lucky to Live Here

With St Patrick's Day and all of it's New Orleans parade glory right around the corner, I thought it would be fun to write about the history and characteristics of the Irish Channel. 

The Irish Channel was once a part of the city of Lafayette. It was around for 20 years until it was annexed by the city of New Orleans in 1853. It's called the Irish Channel, but there were other types of folks that lived here, too. Many working class folks moved to this part of New Orleans to help with the different projects the expanding city had going on. 

During this time, New Orleans was the third largest city in the United States and still growing. With limited buildable land and lots of folks coming in, they did what we could to house them. You'll notice the houses in the Irish Channel differ from the other areas in the city. Instead of grand houses with large yards, there are seemingly endless rows of skinny lots with shotgun houses. Luckily, they were being built during a time where we started using saw mills, so they came in a variety of styles. 

adorable cottage. 

sidehall single shotgun. 

bracket style shotguns, all in a row!

I wanted to highlight some of my favorite things to check out in the Irish Channel, too. 

If you're around on March 17th, the Irish Channel St Patrick's Day Parade is fantastic! Just our list little parade hoorah before festival season. Catch unique throws like cabbages and moon pies in addition to the normal beaded necklaces. 

For a list of some of my favorite businesses- Nola Brewery, Distillery. I did a post late 2017 about the distillery and you can find that here.

Red Dog Diner- I really just like their happy hour and their lamb ragout. It's really cozy in the back, check it out below. 

To see what's available for sale in the Irish Channel, click here.