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.
Name | Portrait | Life | Years active | Notes | References |
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Edmund "Eddie" Boyle | No image available | 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 available | 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 available | 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 Connolly 1 | No image available | 1958– | 1976–1995 | Member of the Winter Hill Gang | |
Eddie "The Butcher" Cummiskey | No image available | 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 available | -1965 | -1965 | Boston mobster associated with Whitey Bulger. He was murdered after a failed assassination attempt on Buddy McLean. | [4] |
Tom Devaney | No image available | -1976 | 1960s–1970s | New York mobster and enforcer for mobster Mickey Spillane during the 1960s and 70s | |
Eddie Diamond | No image available | 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 available | 1959–2018 | Boston mobster and son of mobster Arthur Doe, Sr. | ||
Justin M Donahue | No image available | 1979– | 1999 - Unknown | Hell's Kitchen, New York mobster and high-ranked member of the Westies | [4] |
John M. "Cockeye" Dunn | No image available | 1910–1949 | New York mobster and enforcer for labor racketeer Joe Ryan | ||
William "Big Bill" Dwyer | No image available | 1883–1946 | New York mobster involved in bootlegging during Prohibition | ||
William "Jellyroll" Egan | No image available | 1884–1921 | St. Louis mobster and co-founder of Egan's Rats | ||
Maurice "Mossy" Enright | No image available | -1920 | 1911–1920 | Chicago labor racketeer associated with the North Side Gang | |
Mickey Featherstone | No image available | 1947– | New York mobster and member of the Westies | ||
Richie Fitzpatrick | No image available | 1880–1905 | New York mobster and member of the Eastman Gang | ||
Christopher Flynn | No image available | 1973– | 1992–2001 | NYC mobster involved in drug dealing, numbers rackets, and illegal gambling. | |
Jimmy Flynn | No image available | 1934– | Boston mobster and member of the Winter Hill Gang | ||
Danny Greene | 1933–1977 | Cleveland mobster involved in union racketeering | |||
Kevin Hanrahan | No image available | 1956–1992 | Providence mobster and associate of the Patriarca crime family | ||
Vannie Higgins | No image available | 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 available | 1880–1928 | Organized crime figure involved in bootlegging in St. Paul during Prohibition | ||
Cornelius Hughes | No image available | -1966 | Boston mobster and hitman for the McLaughlin Brothers with his brother Stevie Hughes | [4] [7] | |
Stevie Hughes | No image available | -1966 | Boston mobster and, with his brother Corneilius Hughes, a hitman for the McLaughlin Brothers | [4] [7] | |
George Hogan | No image available | 1952– | 2000– | Boston mobster believed to be the Winter Hill Gang's present boss | |
Joe Kelly | available | 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 available | 1923–1972 | Cleveland organized crime figure. | ||
Owen Kilbane | No image available | 1923–1972 | Cleveland organized crime figure. | ||
Donald Killeen | No image available | 1923–1972 | Boston mobster and head of criminal activities in South Boston | ||
John Patrick Looney | No image available | 1865–1947 | 1909–1925 | bootlegger and organized crime figure in northern Illinois during Prohibition | |
Edward "Eddie Mac" MacKenzie, Jr. 1 | No image available | 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 Martorano 1 | No image available | 1941– | 1960's-1995 | Younger brother of Johnny Martorano; Winter Hill Gang associate and member of the Patriarca crime family | |
Johnny Martorano 1 | No image available | 1940– | 1964–1995 | Hitman for the Winter Hill Gang and older brother of James Martorano | |
Joseph McDonald | No image available | 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 available | 1894–1932 | Chicago mobster and partner of bootlegger Joseph "Polack Joe" Saltis | ||
Thomas "Blackjack" McGinty | available | 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 available | 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 available | -1961 | Boston mobster and founder of the McLaughlin Brothers | ||
Edward "Punchy" McLaughlin | No image available | -1965 | Boston mobster and member of the McLaughlin Brothers | ||
George McLaughlin | No image available | 1927– | Boston mobster and member of the McLaughlin Brothers | [4] [7] [18] | |
James "Buddy" McLean | No image available | 1929–1965 | Boston mobster and former head of the Winter Hill Gang | ||
Hughie Mulligan | No image available | -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 available | 1943– | 1966–1984 | Boston mobster and associate of Whitey Bulger | |
Russell Nicholson | No image available | 1931–1964 | 1961–1964 | Boston police officer and associate of the Winter Hill Gang | [4] [18] |
Myles O'Donnell | No image available | 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 available | 1913–1952 | |||
Gordon O'Brien | No image available | 1947–2008 | Providence mobster and associate of the Patriarca crime family | ||
"Big" Jim O'Leary | No image available | 1860–1926 | Chicago organized crime figure involved in illegal gambling | ||
James "Spike" O'Toole | No image available | 1929–1973 | Boston mobster and associate of the Winter Hill Gang | ||
James M. Ragen | No image available | 1881–1946 | -1946 | Chicago organized crime figure involved in bootlegging and illegal gambling | |
Ciarán "Irish" Redmond | No image available | 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 available | 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 available | 1965– | 1980–1997 | Boston mobster and member of the Winter Hill Gang | |
Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran | No image available | 1920–2003 | 1955–1982 | Associate and freelance assassin for the Bufalino crime family | |
Andrew "Squint" Sheridan | No image available | 1902–1949 | -1947 | New York mobster and enforcer for labor racketeer Joe Ryan | [4] [8] [9] |
Mickey Spillane | No image available | 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 available | 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 available | 1904–1931 | -1931 | Boston mobster and leader of the Gustin Gang during Prohibition | |
Danny Walsh | No image available | 1893–1933 | 1920–1933 | Providence bootlegger and major organized crime figure in southern New England during Prohibition | |
Kevin Weeks 1 | No image available | 1965– | 1978–1999 | Boston mobster affiliated with the Winter Hill Gang and a later government witness | |
Howard T. "Howie" Winter 1 | 1929–2020 | 1959–2012 | Boston mobster, second head of the Winter Hill Gang | [21] |
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