Irish Channel: Working-Class Roots, Lasting Character

Wedged between the Garden District and the Mississippi River, the Irish Channel is one of those New Orleans neighborhoods that has never needed to reinvent itself. Named for the waves of Irish immigrants who settled here in the mid-1800s, the Channel has always been a working-class neighborhood with a strong sense of identity — and while the demographics and price points have shifted considerably over the past two decades, that identity has evolved, but the roots are deep here.