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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

Al Capone and The Irish Mob

Al Capone and The Irish Mob

Alphonse Capone or just Al Capone instantly recognizable as one of the most notorious and well-known figures of the Twentieth Century. He had many other aliases, Snorky, Scarface, Scarface Al, and Al Brown, used furniture salesman. Capone was both an ally and enemy to...

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The Untold Story of the Diamond Brothers Gang

The Untold Story of the Diamond Brothers Gang

This photograph, which was taken in 1926, is quite an unusual police line-up for in 1926 these four were known as the Diamond Brothers gang, headed by the infamous Jack "Legs" Diamond and his younger brother Eddie. Also in the photo is Thomas "Fatty" Walsh, another...

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“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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Featured Stories

The Short Tails

The Short Tails (Not to be confused with the Shirt Tails, who were an earlier gang) This is a photo of a real Gang of New York, under a pier in Corlears Hook, it was taken in 1888 and part of an exhibition called How The Other Half Lives by photographer Jacob Riis...

River Pirates on the Hudson & East Rivers

From 1866 to 1877 river pirates terrorized the water of New York's rivers and harbor robbing cargo and what ever other goods they could from boats that were docked or coming in to port. Piracy in the waters of New York became so bad that the police eventually set up a...

Thomas “Shang” Draper

Thomas "Shang" Draper, was a criminal, gang leader and saloon owner. His bar was located on West 28th Street in New York. He was also a front or fence for other criminals that worked the waterfront. The "shang" part of his name came about because he would use his bar...

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 usually sold to tourists and is a symbol of Irishness, it is on the logo of sports clubs, political office and other places around the world however,...

The Rivington Street Shoot Out

In 1903 rival members of Paul Kelly's Five Point gang & Monk Eastman's gang squared off under the platform of the Second Avenue train line. The long and bloody gunfight was possibly the largest of its kind. Kelly and Eastman clashed for years over control of the...

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.

 

Little Augie Orgen’s Fatal Mistake

It’s believed the partnership between Jack “Legs” Diamond and Jacob “Little Augie” Orgen started when Jack cut Little Augie into his narcotic and bootlegging business, for a slice of Little Augie’s Labor Union racket. This deal didn’t sit well with Little Augie’s top...

Mad Dog Coll’s Final Phone Call

February 8, 1932, Vincent Coll and his unidentified bodyguard took a short stroll from the Cornish Arms, where Coll was staying to the London Chemist drugstore, both on West 23rd Street, with the two men wanting to make phone calls. Coll walked into one of the booths...

Charles “Vannie” Higgins – The Last Irish Boss of Brooklyn

Charles "Vannie" Higgins was a mobster and one of the most prominent bootleggers during Prohibition. Known as "Brooklyn's Last Irish Boss", Higgins was notorious for his escapes from the police and law Higgins was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1897. He learned to be a...

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...

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...

George Cassiday – The Bootlegger to Congress

George Cassiday was born in 1892 and fought in the First World War and a founder of the Irish Veterans Association upon his return after the war, he found employment difficult after the war and almost by accident he became a bootlegger, he would also become known as...

The Gustin Gang

At the turn of the 20th-century criminal gangs sprouted up in the Boston Irish wards, the Gustin gang was first to dominate and control the scene. The name of the gang came not from any of the members, but from the name of a street off Old Colony Avenue in South...

The Death of Edward Fats McCarthy Popke

Fats McCarthy was one Vincent "Mad Dog" Colls trusted associate's and most trusted trigger man, and had once been one of Dutch Schultz's men but left Schultz operation when Coll parted ways with Schultz. McCarthy, who's real name was Edward Popke, was with Vincent...

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...

Marion “Kiki” Roberts & Legs Diamond

Marion "Kiki" Roberts, real name Strasmick (Strasmich) was born in Boston in 1909. When she was young her dream was to become a star. She would also become involved with Jack "Legs" Diamond. When Marion was eight years old she came eighth place in a beauty contest in...

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.

 

Jack Diamonds first arrest

February 4, 1914, early in the morning, 16 year old Jack Diamond and two of his pals, James Burns, also 16 and John Doyle 20 robbed Strauss’s Jewellery store. Later that same day the three young hoodlums plus James Burns’s girlfriend Anna Schick tried to sell the...

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...

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...

The death of Jack “Legs” Diamond

Jack Diamond on trial for kidnapping in Rensselaer County Courthouse, Troy, on Dec. 16, 1931. Jack walked across the street each morning to the courthouse from the office of his lawyer, Abbott Jones, and basked in the adulation of the people of Troy who shouted Jack's...

Boss Tweed – The Most Corrupt Politician of his Time

Boss Tweed or William Magear Tweed was legendary for his total corruption & his enormous financial takings throughout his political career in the mid 1800's and in all honesty could probably put the politicians of today to shame. Some estimates say in today's...

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

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