The Irish Mob is a website dedicated to archiving the history of organized crime, gangsters, mobsters, bootleggers, gun moll’s, showgirls and more. The majority of the stories published on this website are about the people, places and things connected to The Irish Mob from the Gangs of New York Era through the Prohibition Era right up to recent times.
What is Charles “Lucky” Luciano doing with three Irish gangsters in the photograph above?
In 1926 the Diamond Brothers Gang as they were known, were all brought in for questioning in relation to a Felonious Assault, in connection with was the attempted robbery of Charles Haffman & Albert Levy.
The police line up was Eddie Diamond, Jack “Legs” Diamond, Thomas “Fatty” Walsh & Charles “Lucky” Luciano.
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The Murder of Dean O’Banion
Dean O’Banion, a notorious figure in Chicago’s organized crime during Prohibition, met a tragic end in 1924. Born in Illinois in 1892, he later moved to Chicago’s North Side, a tough and violent neighborhood known as “Little Hell.” O’Banion’s early life was marked by crime as he joined street gangs specializing in theft and robbery.
With Prohibition in the 1920s, O’Banion made connections for the delivery of alcohol from Canada. His gang began liquor hijacking, eliminating competition and dominating the North Side and Gold Coast territories.
Tensions escalated as rival gangs encroached on O’Banion’s territory.
O’Banion’s murder triggered a brutal gang war in Chicago between North and South Sides, lasting until the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929.
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A deep dive into the murder of Dean O’Banion, what happened, the suspects, his killers, friends and members of the North Side Gang
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Murder on the Brooklyn Docks
Murder on the Brooklyn Docks is a series about Brooklyns White Hand Gang, an Irish Mob, who were in fact a collection of smaller gangs under one umbrella, the main factions being the Warren Street Red Onion Gang and the Jay Street Gang, who fought among themselves for control of the rackets and docks.
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What Is The Irish Mob?
The Irish mob has had a significant influence on America’s crime world, originating in the early 1800s and spanning across much of the country. One of its first incarnations started as street gangs in New York City, as depicted in 1928 book “The Gangs of New York,” by Herbert Asbury.
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“Dapper Dan” McCarthy – Union Racketeer
“Dapper Dan” McCarthy was one of Dean O’Banions North Side gangsters, along with other such notorious names as Hymie Weiss, “Schemer” Drucci, “Bugs” Moran, “Nails” Morton & Louis “Two Gun” Altierre. Sometimes known as Handsome Dan McCarthy, “Dapper Dan” was mainly...
Kevin Kelly
Kevin Kelly was a member of the Westies who joined the gang in the late 1970's. He worked his way up through the ranks of the gang, starting off as an enforcer and debt collector. He would be used by the older members as muscle to collect their loans. In one instance...
The Fall of “Wild” Bill Lovett
After Bill Lovett had begun to clean house, taking out or removing the previous White Hand Gang leader's loyalists through a series of murders, shootings and stabbings. But none of it went opposed, Dinny Meehan the previous leader and Garry Barry still had friends...
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Early Characters
Read about some of the craziest characters from the days of the Gangs of New York. People like Bill “The Butcher” Poole & John Morrissey, gangs like The Dead Rabbits, Whyos & Plug Uglies, places like Shang Drapers Dive Bar or Billy McGlory’s Armory Hall.
Prohibition Era
Prohibition Era
Notorious Names
About This Site
This website is meant for educational purposes only.
While great care and pain staking effort goes into each one of the stories on this website, all of the information on this website is as accurate and reliable as the sources it came from and not meant to be presented as undeniable facts, as information can change from time to time when new research techniques being developed
This website can be seen as just a resource for helping readers look into the history of the Irish Mob. All images belong to their respective owners.
From time to time there will be graphic content, such as crime scene’s etc.
About the Author
I am an amateur writer and I research these stories from various sources and try to put together some interesting articles as a hobby.
I’m a creative person with an interest in web design, 3D art & digital media. I am an Adobe Certified Associate in Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash & Dreamweaver. I was also a lecturer in Web Design in two colleges and adult education centre’s.
I was always interested in stories about the Mafia and watching movies like Goodfella’s, Casino etc and eventually found myself learning about the Irish Mob, Whitey Bulger in particular, and from there I started to learn about the other characters and writing about them, you can read about them throughout this website!
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