Barely one month after Mardi Gras, and we’re already talking about more parades, as New Orleans celebrates St. Patrick’s Day.
Saturday, March 14, brings the Irish Channel Parade, the oldest of the local parading groups, organized in 1947. Among its founders were brothers Paul Burke, a former city council member and postmaster, and Richard “Dick” Burke, the longtime Orleans Parish assessor.
Burke’s son Dick is the current club president, his brother Ronnie is vice president and several other family members are also involved. Parade day begins with mass at noon at St. Mary’s Assumption Church in the Irish Channel, followed by the parade…