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The book details Rea and his American wife's emigration from Northern Ireland to New Orleans. While living there, Rea became a regular at the Irish pub Finn McCool's, where he helped form a pub soccer team. The book focuses on the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the team, pub and community.
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 the Irish Channel, this area was outside of the incorporated city of New Orleans, and the area was known as Lafayette ...
The Irish Channel St. Patrick's Club has done activities, such as block parties, to help fundraise for different charities such as the Special Olympics; the Chrones Benefit Golf Tournament for Chrones Research; The Chefs' Charity of St. Michael's Special School; distribution of Thanksgiving food baskets and active support of The Friends of St. Alphonsus.
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Detroit Lions (12-1), NFC North leaders: For the first time in their 95-season history, they've won 12 games in successive seasons – and snatching Thursday night's nail biter from the Packers ...
Here’s our final prediction for what the playoff field will look like when it's announced Sunday at noon ET on ESPN. First-round byes. 1. Oregon (13-0, Big Ten champion) 2. Georgia (11-2, SEC ...
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
The 'Irish Channel Corner Club is the second oldest marching club in New Orleans, La. organized in 1918. It is an all-male carnival organization that marches in parades during Mardi Gras, in which they don colorful custom carnival costumes and specifically design Corner Club beads, and St. Patrick's Day, in which they wear their traditional green vests.