Veronica Guerin was a crime reporter for the Sunday Independent before she was murdered by gangsters who controlled...
Veronica Guerin – A Reporter Killed Doing Her Job
read more
Wild Bill Lovett – Brooklyn’s White Hand Gang Boss
William "Wild Bill" Lovett was a gangster and leader of the White Hand Gang from the Red Hook area or what was known...
The Five Points
The Five Points was a 19th-century neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York. The neighborhood was bound by Center...
Martin Cahill “The General” – Godfather of Crime
"The General" Martin Cahill was a criminal from Dublin, a burglar, armed robber & art thief, who was eventually...
The First Gang – The Forty Thieves
The Forty Thieves were formed in 1825 and said to be the first known and oldest New York City criminal street gang. At...
CPAD – Concerned Parents Against Drugs
In Dublin in the 1980's & 90's drugs were rampant, especially in the inner city and parents were getting fed up...
“Old Smoke” John Morrissey
"Old Smoke" John Morrissey was born in Templemore, County Tipperary, Ireland in 1831. Around 1833 his parents...
The Triad Gang War of Dublin in 1979
In one of the most unusual gang wars Dublin or Ireland has ever seen came in July 1979, when a bloody street battle...
Weapons – The Shillelagh, Shillelagh Law & Faction Fights
The Shillelagh (pronounced shi - lay - la) is the name for a traditional Irish stick or stick of blackthorn wood, its...