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35-610: Irish Channel can refer to: Irish Channel, New Orleans , a neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States A channel north of Deer Island , New Brunswick A former name for the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland) , an entrance to the Irish Sea between Northern Ireland and Scotland [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with

70-406: A chance to earn $ 1 a day. By 1838, after an expense of $ 1 million, the 60-foot (18 m) wide 3.17-mile (5.10 km) long canal was complete enough to be opened to small vessels drawing 6 feet (1.8 m), with $ 0.375 per ton charged for passage. Over the next decade the canal was enlarged to 12 feet (3.7 m) deep, 100 feet (30 m) wide, and with shell roads alongside. No official count

105-706: Is a K-8 charter school operated by the charter management organization ReNEW Schools that is located in the former Live Oak Elementary School Building in the Irish Channel. As of 2012 it has over 600 students. In 2012 the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities stated that the school was one of eight that would participate in the Turnaround Arts program. After Hurricane Katrina , Live Oak

140-533: Is certain workers died constructing the canal, the first claim of 10,000 deaths did not come until 1937 in a Times-Picayune article by Meigs O. Frost . The article included lyrics from a popular song that mentioned 10,000 Irish laborers dying from cholera during the canal's construction. Over the years, press reports rose to as high as 20,000 before dropping to the commonly heard 8,000 deaths. Contemporary press reports focused more on labor unrest when Irish workers recruited from Philadelphia went on strike to protest

175-506: Is located at 29°55′23″N 90°04′55″W  /  29.92306°N 90.08194°W  / 29.92306; -90.08194 and has an elevation of 7 feet (2.1 m). According to the United States Census Bureau , the district has a total area of 0.83 square miles (2.1 km ). 0.50 square miles (1.3 km ) of which is land and 0.33 square miles (0.9 km ) (39.76%) of which is water. The boundaries of

210-632: Is located in Irish Channel. The Japanese Weekend School of New Orleans (ニューオリンズ日本語補習校 Nyū Orinzu Nihongo Hoshūkō ), a Weekend Japanese school program , holds its classes at the Waldorf School. Many early jazz musicians including Tom Brown , the Brunies brothers , Nick LaRocca , and Tony Sbarbaro lived in the Irish Channel. Prizefighter John L. Sullivan trained in the Irish Channel, since much prizefighting centered in New Orleans in

245-684: The Irish Channel St. Patrick's Day Club and the Irish Channel Corner Club . The local chapter of the Ancient Order of Hibernians also promotes Irish Channel heritage. Parasol's Bar and Tracey's Bar, a block apart on Third Street, are a focal point for St. Patrick's Day parades in the Irish Channel. The area is known for much surviving working class and middle class 19th century residential architecture, including many shotgun houses . The neighborhood included

280-649: The New Basin Canal , and were generally regarded as expendable labor. Many of these immigrants were misled by shipping companies who led prospective immigrants to believe that New Orleans was close to other Irish enclaves in the United States such as New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston. These Irish immigrants were predominantly Roman Catholic , in contrast to the Protestant Scotch-Irish that were more common as immigrants to most of

315-727: The New Canal and the New Orleans Canal , was a shipping canal in New Orleans , Louisiana , operating from 1830s into the 1940s. The New Basin Canal was constructed by the New Orleans Canal and Banking Company, incorporated in 1831 with capital of 4 million US dollars . The intent was to build a shipping canal from Lake Pontchartrain through the swamp land to the booming uptown or "American" section of

350-658: The bald cypress trees in what is now the Lakeview neighborhood. They were brought into the city near the River, via the canal, and used to build many uptown houses. The importance of the canal declined after World War I , especially with the opening of the Industrial Canal in 1923. In 1936 the Louisiana State Legislature passed a state constitutional amendment to close the canal. In 1937–38

385-668: The 1950s, which was incorporated into I-10 the following decade. The stretch from the Interstate to just shy of Robert E. Lee Blvd was developed into the present-day New Basin Canal Park, a linear green space paralleling West End Boulevard. On November 4, 1990, the Irish Cultural Society of New Orleans dedicated a large Kilkenny marble Celtic cross in New Basin Canal Park to commemorate all of

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420-534: The Irish Channel, originally part of the now incorporated Faubourg Lafayette were Tchoupitoulas Street and Magazine Street between Felicity Street and Phillip Street. The east boundary was later moved to Jackson street in the 1930s for the St. Thomas Development which was demolished in the late 1990’s. Most of the original location of the Irish Channel is now considered part of the Lower Garden District and

455-488: The Irish Channel, this area was outside of the incorporated city of New Orleans, and the area was known as Lafayette, being formally annexed into New Orleans in 1852 as the 10th Ward. Irish ethnicity dominated despite the multi-ethnicity of the area. Adele Street was the center of activity in the early days of the Irish Channel. St. Alphonsus Church , constructed in 1855 by the Redemptorist Fathers , served

490-710: The Irish workers who perished constructing the canal. The lighthouse which stands at the entrance to the canal, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 as the New Canal Lighthouse . It was heavily damaged during the 2005 hurricane season by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita . The first floor had collapsed and its cupola had fallen off. In 2006, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation signed

525-519: The RSD, gave the school to the ReNEW charter management school group, which specialized in taking control of poor performing schools. ReNEW repurposed the school into Batiste Academy. Gary Robichaux, the executive director of ReNEW, had full control over the school's hiring and firing, and he kept 15% of the previous teaching staff and brought younger teachers to replace them. The Waldorf School of New Orleans

560-678: The St. Mary's Market Gang, the Shot Tower Gang, the Pine Knot Gang, the Ripsaw Gang, and the Crowbar Gang. The river front area was home to petty thieves and prostitutes, although much of the gang activity of the time centered on the corner of St. Mary Street and Religious Street. Through the early 20th century much of the population worked in the port of New Orleans before modern shipping innovations greatly reduced

595-475: The area back to Claiborne Avenue was filled in, but the rest of the length continued functioning on a more limited scale until after World War II . It was filled in by about 1950, except for a half-mile-long stretch at the lakefront by the lighthouse, which has been used as a harbor for small boats and yachts and continues to exist. Much of the route became the Pontchartrain Expressway in

630-480: The canal's owner's failure to pay them according to the contracts, not worker deaths. The canal originally joined with Lake Pontchartrain around the present day intersection of Robert E. Lee and West End Boulevards, but jetties were added on both sides extending it farther into the lake. The New Canal Lighthouse or more commonly New Basin Canal Lighthouse was built on the far end of one of the jetties at

665-605: The city, to compete with the existing Carondelet Canal in the downtown Creole part of the city. Work commenced the following year. Yellow fever ravaged workers in the swamp in back of town, and the loss of slaves was judged too expensive; so most of the work was done by Irish immigrant laborers. The Irish workers died in great numbers, but the Company had no trouble finding more men to take their place, as shiploads of poor Irishmen arrived in New Orleans. Many were willing to risk their lives in hazardous, back-breaking work for

700-575: The entrance to the canal. Starting from the entrance of the canal, it headed south through the swamp, cut through the high ground of Metairie Ridge, through the mid-city lowlands, into the city, ended in a turning basin at Rampart Street and Howard Avenue in what is now the New Orleans Central Business District . The canal was commercially important through the 19th century, and served additional uses such as improving drainage in nearby areas and being used to harvest

735-420: The estimated deaths, and historian Laura D. Kelley, in her 2014 book The Irish in New Orleans , urged a downward revision of the number of estimated deaths due to the lack of evidence to support the claims and the labor needs of other contemporary canal projects. She also noted that deaths from cholera epidemics in the early 1830s were later remembered as being suffered during the canal's construction. While it

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770-494: The former St. Thomas Development , now part of the River Garden community. Built on the city's old high ground, the neighborhood escaped the catastrophic flooding of most of the city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 (see: Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans ). As of the census of 2000, there were 4,270 people, 1,750 households, and 904 families residing in the neighborhood. The population density

805-589: The large number of attendees. In these early years, churches were built to serve various other ethnic groups. St. Mary's Assumption Church served the German immigrant population of the Irish Channel, while Notre Dame de Bon Secours Church served the French immigrants. The Irish Channel developed a reputation for ruffians early in its history, a reputation that slowly eroded. Much of this centered on conflicts between ethnic groups, eventually congealing as gangs, such as

840-519: The late 19th century. "Anti" O'Rourke was a show man who earned his living as a diver, often diving from steamboats on the Mississippi River . He originated the jack-knife dive, which he termed the "Anti Dive". Francis Xavier Seelos was a Redemptorist priest who served those stricken by yellow fever in the Irish Channel from 1866-7. He was blessed by Pope John Paul II and there is a feast day for him on October 5. Eleanor McMain

875-566: The location of historic Irish Channel landmarks such as Adele Street, St. Andrews Street, St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Alphonsus Church, along with a police station, Walmart, Boettner Park, and the River Garden development. In 2002, prior to Hurricane Katrina , the New Orleans City Planning Commission defined the boundaries of the Irish Channel as Tchoupitoulas Street , Toledano Street, Magazine Street, and First Street. The mostly working-class neighborhood was, as

910-408: The name implies, originally settled largely by immigrants from Ireland in the early 19th century. However early on the area also had people of other ethnicities, including German , Italian , and African American , living nearby each other. The origin of the name is obscure. However, one school of thought says that the Irish "channeled" into the area, while another says that rain would settle into

945-615: The need for stevedores and similar jobs. There were also local breweries in the area. This had significant economic consequences, with the resulting poverty persisting today. Since about the 1960s, the neighborhood has been majority African American , with substantial minorities of the descendants of the 19th century immigrants and more recent Latino immigrants. Parades and parties are held on and around St. Patrick's Day which are enjoyed by many locals whether they are of Irish ancestry or not. Examples of organizations that parade on St. Patrick's Day and promote other civic activities are

980-440: The religious and cultural needs of this Irish immigrant population for many years. In 1874, a painting of Our Lady of Perpetual Help was brought to St. Alphonsus and a National Shrine established. For generations Irish school children as well as parishioners and visitors would participate in novenas to Our Lady at St. Alphonsus church. These services were so well attended that the city placed additional street cars in service to carry

1015-478: The rest of the Southeastern United States . In addition to the Irish Channel, many Irish immigrants also settled at Irish Bayou , in present-day Eastern New Orleans . Irish immigrants found New Orleans a better cultural match than most Southeastern areas of the United States due to the large predominant Roman Catholic European population already there. At the time of early immigration to

1050-483: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irish_Channel&oldid=980667638 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Irish Channel, New Orleans Irish Channel

1085-427: The streets of this predominately Irish neighborhood at the time. Significant emigration from Ireland to the United States occurred during the period 1810 - 1850, with a particularly large wave to New Orleans during the decade of the 1830s. The point of debarkation was Adele Street, where many immigrants, penniless, took up residence in simple cottages ( shotgun houses ). These Irish immigrants arrived primarily to dig

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1120-596: Was 8,540 /mi² (3,285 /km ). As of the census of 2010, there were 3,373 people, 1,665 households, and 649 families residing in the neighborhood. A historically working-class neighborhood of New Orleans, the Irish Channel is home to a number of notable landmarks, including: The Irish Channel is zoned to schools in the New Orleans Public Schools (NOPS) and the Recovery School District (RSD). The Batiste Cultural Arts Academy

1155-582: Was a social activist in the Irish Channel in the early part of the twentieth century, leading Kingsley House to become a center for progressive movements . New Orleans restaurateur Richard Brennan of the Commander's Palace was born and reared in the Irish Channel. Paul Sanchez , singer-songwriter and founding member of Cowboy Mouth , grew up in the Irish Channel. New Basin Canal The New Basin Canal , also known as

1190-551: Was a school directly operated by the RSD. In 2009 about 75% of the fourth graders at the Live Oak Elementary School failed the LEAP test. In 2010 the school had a performance score of "40" which was below the "65" that was the level considered "academically unacceptable." Cindy Chang of The Times-Picayune said former Live Oak Elementary School was performing so poorly that Paul Vallas , the superintendent of

1225-402: Was kept of the deaths of the immigrant workers; estimates ranging from 500 to 20,000 and more have been published, with 8,000 being a commonly cited total. Many were buried without a grave marker in the levee and roadway-fill beside the canal. Contemporary immigration records and other primary documents do not support a level of Irish population in the city sufficient to support the upper-end of

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