List of American mobsters of Irish descent

This is a list of Irish-American mobsters which includes organized crime figures of predominantly Irish-American criminal organizations or individual mobsters from the early 1900s to the present. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is Irish American and a mobster.

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Name Portrait Life Years active Notes References
Edmund "Eddie" Boyle No image
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1965– 1983–2003 Gambino crime family associate [1][2][3]
James J. "Whitey" Bulger   1929–2018 1952–1995 Legendary Boston mobster and former leader of the Winter Hill Gang
Elmer "Trigger" Burke No image
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1919–1958 1941–1956 New York City mobster and freelance assassin [4]
Jimmy Burke 1931–1996 1949–1982 New York mobster and associate of the Lucchese crime family, popularly known as "Jimmy the Gent", who is credited for organizing the Lufthansa heist in 1978
Dan Carroll No image
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1883–1946 1920–1933 Organized crime figure who controlled in bootlegging Boston with partner Charles "King" Solomon during Prohibition [4][5]
William "Dinty" Colbeck   1891–1943 1919–1943 St. Louis organized crime figure and one time leader of Egan's Rats
Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll 1908–1932 1924–1932 New York mobster and freelance enforcer during Prohibition
James Coonan 1947– 1962–1988 New York mobster and leader of the Westies during the 1970s and 80s
Timmy Connolly1 No image
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1958– 1976–1995 Member of the Winter Hill Gang
Eddie "The Butcher" Cummiskey No image
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1934–1976 -1976 New York mobster and enforcer for mobster Mickey Spillane during the 1950s and 60s. Later served as a mentor for Jimmy Coonan and other members of the Westies.
Ronald Dermody No image
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-1965 -1965 Boston mobster associated with Whitey Bulger. He was murdered after a failed assassination attempt on Buddy McLean. [4]
Tom Devaney No image
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-1976 1960s–1970s New York mobster and enforcer for mobster Mickey Spillane during the 1960s and 70s
Eddie Diamond No image
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1899–1929 1921–1929 New York mobster and brother of Jack "Legs" Diamond [4][6]
Jack Diamond 1897–1931 1921–1931 Philadelphia/New York mobster involved in bootlegging during Prohibition
Arthur "Butchy" Doe, Jr. No image
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1959–2018 Boston mobster and son of mobster Arthur Doe, Sr.
Justin M Donahue No image
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1979– 1999 - Unknown Hell's Kitchen, New York mobster and high-ranked member of the Westies [4]
John M. "Cockeye" Dunn No image
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1910–1949 New York mobster and enforcer for labor racketeer Joe Ryan
William "Big Bill" Dwyer No image
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1883–1946 New York mobster involved in bootlegging during Prohibition
William "Jellyroll" Egan No image
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1884–1921 St. Louis mobster and co-founder of Egan's Rats
Maurice "Mossy" Enright No image
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-1920 1911–1920 Chicago labor racketeer associated with the North Side Gang
Mickey Featherstone No image
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1947– New York mobster and member of the Westies
Richie Fitzpatrick No image
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1880–1905 New York mobster and member of the Eastman Gang
Christopher Flynn No image
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1973– 1992–2001 NYC mobster involved in drug dealing, numbers rackets, and illegal gambling.
Jimmy Flynn No image
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1934– Boston mobster and member of the Winter Hill Gang
Danny Greene 1933–1977 Cleveland mobster involved in union racketeering
Kevin Hanrahan No image
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1956–1992 Providence mobster and associate of the Patriarca crime family
Vannie Higgins No image
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1897–1932 New York mobster involved in bootlegging during Prohibition
Henry Hill 1   1943–2012 New York mobster and associate of the Lucchese crime family
"Dapper" Danny Hogan No image
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1880–1928 Organized crime figure involved in bootlegging in St. Paul during Prohibition
Cornelius Hughes No image
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-1966 Boston mobster and hitman for the McLaughlin Brothers with his brother Stevie Hughes [4][7]
Stevie Hughes No image
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-1966 Boston mobster and, with his brother Corneilius Hughes, a hitman for the McLaughlin Brothers [4][7]
George Hogan No image
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1952– 2000– Boston mobster believed to be the Winter Hill Gang's present boss
Joe Kelly
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1901–1966 1920–1966 New York labor racketeer who, with his cousin Harold Bowers, was a major power on the New York waterfront though the ILA's notorious "Pistol Local" based in Hell's Kitchen [4][8][9]

Jeffrey A. Hopkins Call 2003–2012

Martin Kilbane No image
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1923–1972 Cleveland organized crime figure.
Owen Kilbane No image
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1923–1972 Cleveland organized crime figure.
Donald Killeen No image
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1923–1972 Boston mobster and head of criminal activities in South Boston
John Patrick Looney No image
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1865–1947 1909–1925 bootlegger and organized crime figure in northern Illinois during Prohibition
Edward "Eddie Mac" MacKenzie, Jr.1 No image
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1958– 1983–1990 Drug dealer and enforcer for James "Whitey" Bulger and the Winter Hill Gang [10][11][12]
Owney Madden   1891–1965 New York organized crime figure involved in bootlegging and former leader of the Gopher Gang
James Martorano1 No image
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1941– 1960's-1995 Younger brother of Johnny Martorano; Winter Hill Gang associate and member of the Patriarca crime family
Johnny Martorano1 No image
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1940– 1964–1995 Hitman for the Winter Hill Gang and older brother of James Martorano
Joseph McDonald No image
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1917–1997 One of the charter members of the Winter Hill Gang
Michael Cassius McDonald   1839–1907 One of the earliest organized crime figures in Chicago [4][13][14][15]
Frank McErlane No image
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1894–1932 Chicago mobster and partner of bootlegger Joseph "Polack Joe" Saltis
Thomas "Blackjack" McGinty
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1892–1970 A Cleveland organized crime figure. McGinty was a member of the Cleveland Syndicate with Jewish gangsters Moe Dalitz, Louis Rothkopf and members of the Italian Mayfield Road Mob.[16] The Syndicate operated casinos in Youngstown, Florida, and Northern Kentucky. McGinty and other members of the Syndicate were founders of the Desert Inn.[17]
Eddie McGrath No image
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1906– 1936–1959 New York organized crime figure who controlled the waterfront area and oversaw criminal activity in Hell's Kitchen during the 1940s
Bernard "Bernie" McLaughlin No image
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-1961 Boston mobster and founder of the McLaughlin Brothers
Edward "Punchy" McLaughlin No image
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-1965 Boston mobster and member of the McLaughlin Brothers
George McLaughlin No image
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1927– Boston mobster and member of the McLaughlin Brothers [4][7][18]
James "Buddy" McLean No image
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1929–1965 Boston mobster and former head of the Winter Hill Gang
Hughie Mulligan No image
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-1973 New York mobster and organized crime figure in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen during the 1950s
Joseph Vincent "Newsboy" Moriarty 1910–1979 1923–1972 New Jersey mobster involved in the numbers racket
Patrick Nee No image
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1943– 1966–1984 Boston mobster and associate of Whitey Bulger
Russell Nicholson No image
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1931–1964 1961–1964 Boston police officer and associate of the Winter Hill Gang [4][18]
Myles O'Donnell No image
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1904–1932 Chicago mobster and founder of the O'Donnell Mob
Dean O'Banion 1892–1924 Chicago mobster and founder of the North Side Mob
Carleton O'Brien No image
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1913–1952
Gordon O'Brien No image
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1947–2008 Providence mobster and associate of the Patriarca crime family
"Big" Jim O'Leary No image
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1860–1926 Chicago organized crime figure involved in illegal gambling
James "Spike" O'Toole No image
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1929–1973 Boston mobster and associate of the Winter Hill Gang
James M. Ragen No image
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1881–1946 -1946 Chicago organized crime figure involved in bootlegging and illegal gambling
Ciarán "Irish" Redmond No image
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1968 – 1985–2009 Irish-American Mobster Currently Serving a 40-year Sentence in solitary confinement Florence ADX Supermax for several bank heists and an alleged "hit".
Joseph Ryan No image
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1884–1963 1927–1953 New York labor racketeer and organized crime figure
Frank "Cadillac Frank" Salemme 1   1933– 1957–1995 Boston mobster and one time leader of the Patriarca crime family
John "Red" Shea No image
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1965– 1980–1997 Boston mobster and member of the Winter Hill Gang
Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran No image
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1920–2003 1955–1982 Associate and freelance assassin for the Bufalino crime family
Andrew "Squint" Sheridan No image
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1902–1949 -1947 New York mobster and enforcer for labor racketeer Joe Ryan [4][8][9]
Mickey Spillane No image
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1934–1977 1959–1977 New York mobster and head of Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen during the 1950s and 60s
Joseph "Mad Dog" Sullivan No image
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1939–2017 1955–1983 New York mobster and freelance assassin for the Genovese crime family [4][8][19][20]
Roger Touhy   1898–1959 1920–1933 Chicago mobster and bootlegger during Prohibition
Frank Wallace No image
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1904–1931 -1931 Boston mobster and leader of the Gustin Gang during Prohibition
Danny Walsh No image
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1893–1933 1920–1933 Providence bootlegger and major organized crime figure in southern New England during Prohibition
Kevin Weeks1 No image
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1965– 1978–1999 Boston mobster affiliated with the Winter Hill Gang and a later government witness
Howard T. "Howie" Winter1 1929–2020 1959–2012 Boston mobster, second head of the Winter Hill Gang [21]

Footnotes

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1 Is of mixed ethnicity.

References

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  1. ^ Capeci, Jerry (21 December 2009). "NY Feds Tickled Pink About Eddie Boyle's Brooklyn Case". Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  2. ^ Capeci, Jerry (18 January 2010). "Feds Stack the Deck Against a Junior Gambino Hoodlum". Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  3. ^ United States Department of Justice (20 November 2010). "Boyle, Edmund Sentencing" (PDF). Justice.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m English, T.J. Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. ISBN 0-06-059002-5
  5. ^ Fox, Stephen. Blood and Power: Organized Crime in Twentieth-Century America. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1989. ISBN 0-688-04350-X
  6. ^ Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: Da Capo Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8160-5694-3
  7. ^ a b c Atkinson, Jay. Legends of Winter Hill: Cops, Con Men, and Joe McCain, the Last Real Detective. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2006. ISBN 1-4000-5076-6
  8. ^ a b c English, T.J. The Westies: Inside New York's Irish Mob. New York: Macmillan, 2006. ISBN 0-312-36284-6
  9. ^ a b Ward, Nathan. Dark Harbor: The War for the New York Waterfront. New York: Macmillan, 2010. ISBN 0-374-28622-1
  10. ^ Street Soldier; My Life as an Enforcer for "Whitey" Bulger and the Boston Irish Mob by Edward MacKenzie and Phyllis Karas, Steerforth, 256 pp., ISBN 1-58642-076-3
  11. ^ Wright, Chris (17 July 2003). "Divorced from the mob". The Phoenix. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  12. ^ "Gods & Mobsters". Boston. BostonMagazine.com. September 2010. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  13. ^ Lindberg, Richard. The Gambler King of Clark Street: Michael C. McDonald and the Rise of Chicago's Democratic Machine. 3rd ed. Carbondale, Illinois: SIU Press, 2009. ISBN 0-8093-2893-3
  14. ^ Schatzberg, Rufus, Robert J.Kelly and Ko-lin Chin, ed. Handbook of Organized Crime in the United States. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1994. ISBN 0-313-28366-4
  15. ^ Johnson, Curt and R. Craig Sautter. The Wicked City: Chicago from Kenna to Capone. New York: Da Capo Press, 1998. ISBN 0-306-80821-8
  16. ^ Paul A. Tenkotte and James C. Claypool (2009) The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky. The University Press Of Kentucky. P. 200. ISBN 978-0813125657
  17. ^ Jim Dubelko (27 August 2011). "The Mounds Club". Cleveland State University. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  18. ^ a b Ford, Beverly and Stephanie Schorow. The Boston Mob Guide: Hit Men, Hoodlums & Hideouts. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1-60949-420-9
  19. ^ Gold, Ed (30 August – 5 September 2006). "On the trail of 'Mad Dog' Sullivan, Mafia hit man". The Villager. 76 (15). Community Media, LLC. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  20. ^ Gangster Report – ‘MAD DOG’ SULLIVAN DIES BEHIND BARS AT 77, LEAVES LEGACY OF A MEAN, LEAN MURDER MACHINE by Scott Burnstein, Retrieved Jun. 15, 2017.
  21. ^ "Howie Winter, 83 and ex-head of Winter Hill Gang, arrested for alleged organized criminal activity - Metro Desk - Boston.com". Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.