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The Irish Mob is a website dedicated to tracking 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.

So what is Charles “Lucky” Luciano doing with three Irish Hoods? In 1926 they were all brought in for questioning for Felonious Assault. What it was in connection with was an attempted robbery of Charles Haffman & Albert Levy. The Line up was Eddie Diamond, Jack “Legs” Diamond, Thomas “Fatty” Walsh & Charles “Lucky” Luciano.

What Is The Irish Mob?

The Irish Mob is the oldest organized crime group in the United States, in existence since the early 19th century. Originating in Irish American street gangs—depicted in Herbert Asbury’s 1928 book The Gangs of New York—the Irish Mob has appeared in most major U.S. cities, including Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago.

The Latest Stories

“Dapper Dan” McCarthy – Union Racketeer

“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...

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Kevin Kelly

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...

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The Fall of “Wild” Bill Lovett

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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Featured Stories

Jacob Riis – Photographed The Gangs of New York

Jacob Riis was born in Denmark in 1849 and emigrated to the US in the 1870's, he was a pioneer in photography, a social reformer and journalist. He pioneered his use of photography and journalism to bring social changes in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where...

Thomas F. Byrnes – Head of the NYPD Detective Unit

Thomas F. Byrnes was an Irish-born NYPD officer, who served as head of the New York City Police Department detective department from 1880 until 1895. Byrnes gained national attention for his exploits and some credit him with the technique "The Third Degree" Born...

Monk Eastman From Public Enemy to National Hero

Edward "Monk" Eastman (1875 – 1920) was a New York gangster and founder of the Eastman Gang, which became one of the most powerful street gangs in New York City. Of course Monk Eastman wasn't Irish, he did live in a time when the Irish, Jews and Italians worked and...

The Whyos Gang

The Whyos Gang were a street gangs of New York, they were the city's dominant street gang during the mid-late 19th century. The gang controlled most of Manhattan from the late 1860s until the early 1890s. Consisting largely of criminals ranging from pickpockets to...

Lew Baker – The Man Who Shot Bill The Butcher

Lewis Baker was a patrolman in the New York Police Department who was employed as a "slugger" for Tammany Hall. He was involved in voter intimidation and election fraud during the 1840s and 1850s but he is mostly known as the man who shot & killed William "Bill...

Early Characters

The earliest recorded organised criminal gang in the United States was in 1825. They were based in one of the most notorious slums in the world at the time, The Five Points in New York’s Lower East Side.

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

You will read about some of the most Notorious Names in Mob History on this website, Bosses, Hitmen and more. From New York to Chicago to Boston some of the biggest names all in one place.

 

Easy Money for Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll

With the police, media and his enemies all looking for him, Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll had been hiding in Upstate New York, around Albany with rumors that he was working on an alliance with none other than Jack "Legs" Diamond, who himself had run into legal difficulties...

Red Kane kills the Yellow Kid in court – Egans Rats St. Louis

Red Kane or Thomas Kane as he was known as, was a leading figure in one of the most vindictive gang wars to have ever happened in St. Louis. Red Kane was sentenced to serve a 12 year term in prison for the murder of Fred “Yellow Kid” Mohrle, who Kane had shot and...

Mad Dog Coll v Borrelli

February 12, 1930, the Schultz-Coll war began with the shooting of Carmine Borelli, one of Dutch Schultz’s top lieutenants, and Mayme Layton aka Mary Smith, on Inwood Ave, the Bronx. Apparently Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll believed Borelli knew of Coll’s war plans against...

When They Tried To Whack Eddie Diamond

Legs Diamond had one soft spot in life, his brother Eddie. He would have sacrificed everything he owned to bring him back to health. Tuberculosis had ravaged Eddie as well as other members of his family. Eddie had been sent to various sanatorium to try get cured but...

John Patrick Looney

John Patrick Looney was a gangster in Rock Island, Illinois during the early 20th century. Looney served as the model for John Looney, a character in Max Allan Collins' graphic novel Road to Perdition. The character was renamed John Rooney and portrayed by Paul Newman...

Easy Money for Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll

With the police, media and his enemies all looking for him, Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll had been hiding in Upstate New York, around Albany with rumors that he was working on an alliance with none other than Jack "Legs" Diamond, who himself had run into legal difficulties...

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties. The Prohibition Laws, the Eighteenth Amendment & Volstead Act, had just been passed banning the sale of alcohol across the United States but it was largely ignored in the cities, New York, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis etc.Before Prohibition...

Spike O’Donnell – The Southside O’Donnells

James Edward O’Donnell or better known as “Spike” O’Donnell he was born on November 29,1889, O’Donnell was one of the few gangsters from the Capone era to retire from the rackets, pioneer the Chicago paving of streets, maintain his political clout and die of natural...

Charlotte “Lottie” Kreisberger / Coll

The quintessential mob moll, a street wise German Jewish girl Lottie Kreisberger was first Vincent Coll's girlfriend and later wife. She channeled Mad Dog Coll's aggression to terrorize New York—from innocent bystanders to bosses like Owney Madden & Dutch Schultz....

Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll

Originally from Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland the Coll family emigrated in New York in 1909 Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll joined up with with Dutch Schultz‘s gang and quickly rose through the ranks; by the late 1920s, he was an enforcer and assassin for the gangster....

Prohibition Era

You will read about some of the most Notorious Names in Mob History on this website, Bosses, Hitmen and more. From New York to Chicago to Boston some of the biggest names all in one place.

 

Jimmy whacks Whitey Whitehead in the Plaka Bar

Harold "Whitey" Whitehead was a native of Queens but knew many of the Hell's Kitchen crowd, he was 38 years and had curly brown hair and by all accounts he was "an arrogant prick". Jimmy Coonan knew him from drinking in his 596 bar in Hell's Kitchen, in fact Whitey...

“Shanghai” Kelly’s Birthday Bash in the Barbary Coast

In the mid 1850's three ships sat stationary on San Francisco Bay with no crew on board. The captains of the ships had notoriously bad reputations, and the sailors around the town gave these captains a wide berth. The three captains desperate to get sailors onto their...

Ned Kelly – Bucket Head Ned – The Outback Outlaw

In a bit of a break we can have a look at Australia and one of the most famous gangsters / outlaw of them all Ned Kelly or Buckethead Ned. He was the son of Irish parents, his father Red Kelly had been a convict who had been sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in...

Easy Money for Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll

With the police, media and his enemies all looking for him, Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll had been hiding in Upstate New York, around Albany with rumors that he was working on an alliance with none other than Jack "Legs" Diamond, who himself had run into legal difficulties...

Legs Diamond & The Hotsy Totsy Club

After a shooting in Legs Diamond and his partner Charlie Entratta's speakeasy bar, The Hotsy Totsy Club at 1721 Broadway, between 54 & 55th Streets in New York City, where 1 died after being shot in the head and another died later in hospital after being shot...

Notorious Names

From tough guys like Pat Nee from Boston to Jimmy Coonan, Mickey Featherstone & The Westies gang all the way to the biggest name of them all James “Whitey” Bulger, who was Boss for more than 20 years and went on the run for a further 16.

 

About This Site

This website is for educational purposes only, all information is as reliable as the sources it came from and not presented as undeniable facts, 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.

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 always did like the stories about the Mafia and eventually found my way into reading and learning about the Irish Mob, Whitey Bulger in particular and from there I started to learn about other characters and writing about them.
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    Maurice "Mossy" Enright was a...
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    At the height of the...
  • Dapper Danny Hogan
    "Dapper" Danny Hogan - The...
  • John "Mitters" Foley
    John "Mitters" Foley was a...
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    Standing in Thomas "Snake" Kinney's...
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    In the aftermath of the...
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    In the early days, before...
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    He wasn't really a mobster...
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    The wife of Vincent "Mad...
  • Big Tim Sullivan
    Timothy D. Sullivan, known as...
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    The last known photo's of...
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    30th October was the day...
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    "Dapper" Dan McCarthy
    Dapper Dan McCarthy - Chicago...
  • William "Dinty" Colbeck.
    After the death of Thomas...
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    The 75th Precinct or the...
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    The Green Lantern Saloon in...
  • Brass Knuckles
    Ye Olde Weapons - Brass...
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    Terry Druggan was a Chicago...
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    Here is one of the...
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    One of the original members...
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    (left to right): William "Klondike"...
  • The Murder of Mossy Enright
    L-R: Judge John Sbarbaro, ”Big...
  • The Finer Things in Life
    Being a bootlegger Terry "Machine...
  • Claude "Screwy" Maddox
    Claude "Screwy" Maddox, real name...
  • Jeanne McCarthy
    Jeanne McCarthy / Popke was...
  • Tommy "The Rock" Hayes
    Tommy "The Rock" Hayes was...
  • The Miller Brothers
    In the aftermath of Dean...
  • Tanner Smith
    Thomas "Tanner" Smith was leader...
  • Helen Walsh
    A 16 year old Helen...
  • Dead Man's Tree
    725 Loomis Street, Chicago. Dead...
  • Hugh "Stubby" McGovern
    Hugh "Stubby" McGovern was a...
  • Jackie Coonan
    Jackie Coonan was the younger...
  • Primo Carnera
    Primo Carnera (right) & Max...
  • A Grizzly Murder in The Hauge
    With temperatures hitting the high...
  • "Peg Leg" Lonergan
    Richard "Peg Leg" Lonergan, was...
  • Dominic "Little Libby" Nuccio
    Another suspect brought in for...
  • Michael "Bubs" Quinlan
    Michael "Bubs" Quinlan was co...
  • Weapons - The Awl
    Ye Olde Weapons - The...
  • Big Tim Murphy
    Timothy "Big Tim" Murphy. Big...
  • George Raft saves James Cagney
    George Raft pictured James Cagney was...
  • Brian Rattigan
    Brian Rattigan was the leader...
  • Tom Hyer
    Tom Hyer was an American...
  • Eamonn Kelly
    Eamonn Kelly cut his teeth...
  • Louis "Two Gun" Alterie
    Leland A. Varain was born...
  • "Dynamite" Joe Brooks & Ed Harmening
    A Chicago gangland hit -...
  • King Mike McDonald
    King Mike or Michael Cassius...
  • Jack "Eat Em Up" McManus
    Jack "Eat Em Up" McManus...
  • Dutch Schultz
    Arthur Flegenheimer or the Dutchman...
  • "Bathhouse" John Coughlin & Michael "Hinky Dink" Kenna
    Michael “Hinky Dink” Kenna (left)...
  • Lieutenant Charles Becker
    Lieutenant Charles Becker was said...
  • Richie Ryan of the Westies
    Richie Ryan
    Quite a rare...
  • Thomas "Buff" Higgins
    Thomas “Buff” Higgins was a...
  • Cadillac Frank
    Francis "Cadillac Frank" Salemme was...
  • The Bowers Mob
    Mickey & Harold Bowers -...
  • Danny Stanton
    Daniel "Danny" Stanton was a...
  • Eddie Tancl
    Eddie Tancl was a former...
  • Capone's Board of Director's
    On the 1st of November...
  • The Blackjack
    Ye Olde Weapons - The...
  • Ragen's Colts
    Ragen's Colts were an early...
  • Tom and Helen Baxter from Long Island
    In Grand Isle, a small...
  • Texas Guinan - Queen of the nightclubs.
    While she wasnt the classic...
  • William "Gunner" McPadden
    A Chicago Beer Wars Hit The...
  • Irish Confetti
    Irish Confetti is a slang...
  • Young Mickey Spillane
    A young Mickey Spillane, lying...
  • Owney "The Killer" Madden...On This Day
    On this day 24th April...
  • Dean O'Banion's Killers
    On the 10th of November...
  • An Unusual Line-Up
    From Left to Right -...
  • John "Dingbat" O'Berta
    John "Dingbat" O'Berta. The name...
  • "Black" Charlie Harris
    He was described as handsome...
  • The One Way Ride
    The One Way Ride (Frank...
  • Frankie Yale
    Francesco Ioele / Uale, best...
  • Schofields Flower Shop
    Crowds gather outside of Schofields...
  • The Crucifixion
    After the robbery of O'Connor's...
  • Fr. John Corridan
    Father John Corridan, was a...
  • "Spike" O'Donnell
    “Spike” O’Donnell was one of...
  • An Unusual Police Line-Up
    From Left to Right –...
  • Michael Cassius McDonald "King Mike"
    "King Mike" McDonald was Chicago's...
  • Barney Baker & Jimmy Hoffa
    Jimmy Hoffa and his bodyguard...
  • Martin Brennan - First leader of the Gopher Gang
    Michael Martin Brennan, also known...
  • George Remus - The King of the Bootleggers.
    George Remus was mainly active...
  • Walter O'Donnell
    Walter O'Donnell was the younger...
  • Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll
    Salvatore Maranzano, who having won...
  • "Wild Bill" Lovett
    Born in Lixnaw, County Kerry...
  • South Side Inn / Roberts Lounge
    The South Side Inn 114...
  • Weapons - The Slungshot
    The slungshot was originally a...
  • Mad Dog Coll Wanted
    The New York Daily News...
  • Frank McErlane's hospital shootout
    As Frank McErlane lay in...
  • Atlantic City Conference
    The Atlantic City Conference held...
  • South Boston Liquor Mart
    South Boston Liquor Mart. A...
  • Dock Workers Shaping Up
    Nearly every morning dock workers...
  • George "Red" Barker
    George "Red" Barker was a...
  • John "Cockeye" Dunn
    John "Cockeye" Dunn was a...
  • 1800's Fashion
    The fashion styles from different...
  • Angelo Genna
    Also brought in for questioning...
  • Mayor Jimmy Walker
    Mayor Jimmy Walker, Mayor of...
  • Francis "Two Gun" Crowley
    Francis "Two Gun" Crowley brought...
  • Thomas E. Maloy
    Thomas Edward Maloy was born...
  • Mae West
    Mae West, a glamorous and...
  • John Torrio
    One of the prime suspects,...
  • Klondike O'Donnell
    William O'Donnell better known as...

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