History Main / TheIrishMob

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* Notably absent in ''TheBoondockSaints'' and its sequel ''All Saints Day'', which despite being set in Boston and featuring both an Irish hitman as well as an Irish arms dealer, only Russian and Italian gangs seem to exist.
** Although never stated explicitly, it's hinted quite blatantly in both movies that the [=McManus=] brothers have close ties to the Irish Republicans; which tend to remain quite seperate from (though not necessarily hostile to) the Irish Mob.

-- ''TheDeparted''

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->''Told the Irish need not apply\\
And it didn't fuckin' matter\\
[[StuffBlowingUp Boom went a shop West 53rd]]\\
And we watched the windows shatter''
--> --"Black Shamrock", '''The Mighty Regis'''

** Although never stated explicitly, it's hinted quite blatantly in both movies that the McManus brothers have close ties to the Irish Republicans; which tend to remain quite seperate from (though generally not openly hostile to) the Irish Mob.

* Notably absent in ''TheBoondockSaints'', which despite being set in Boston and featuring both an Irish hitman as well as an Irish arms dealer, only Russian and Italian gangs seem to exist.

No, not slang for [[OfficerOHara the cops]] .Organized crime, Irish-style.

The Mob originated in the early 19th century and until the rise of the Italian and Jewish gangs in the 1880's and later was the dominating force in New York organized crime. During the Twenties the Mob was a major player and many of the first flush of gangster movies featured Irish gangsters - famously James Cagney made a career out of playing them, starting with ''The Public Enemy'' (1931). Nevertheless the Irish Mob waned after these years, struggling under competition with the Italian gangs and their own leadership struggles. They also slowly became less necessary: the Irish communities in America and Great Britain gradually assimilated and no longer needed gangs to protect them from disgruntled locals (because they ''were'' the disgruntled locals). Not that they ever went away - both in reality and in fiction the Mob has maintained a presence to this day.

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* The organized crime in ''{{Fallout}} 3's'' Megaton is led by Moriarty, who has a strong [[strike: Irish]] [[Oireland Oirish]] accent. [[spoiler:If you hack his computer, you find out he is faking it because he thinks it will make him more likable.]] The Irish gang that is Riley's Rangers, on the other hand, is not so much into crime.

* The organized crime in ''{{Fallout}} 3's'' Megaton is led by Moriarty, who has a strong Irish accent. [[spoiler:If you hack his computer, you find out he is faking it because he thinks it will make him more likable.]] The Irish gang that is Riley's Rangers, on the other hand, is not so much into crime.

The protagonists of ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6485377/1/bBloody_b_bGoldenrod_b Bloody Goldenrod]]'' are all members of an *Irish mob... in [[{{Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Goldenrod]] [[PokemonGoldAndSilver City]]

The protagonists of ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6485377/1/bBloody_b_bGoldenrod_b Bloody Goldenrod]]'' are all members of an Irish mob... in [[{{Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Goldenrod]] [[PokemonGoldAndSilver City]]

The protagonists of ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6485377/1/bBloody_b_bGoldenrod_b]] Bloody Goldenrod'' are all members of an Irish mob... in [[{{Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Goldenrod]] [[PokemonGoldAndSilver City]]

** In contrast Nucky Thompson is Irish but his organization employs many other ethnicities including German, Polish and the African American gang led by Chucky White. He built his power base by getting the support of people from a variety of ethnic and social groups.

* ''{{Castle}}'' has an episode with an Irish gang ("the Westies"); the victim of the week is an enforcer for the gang who's trying to stop a drug ring encroaching on the gang's territory.

The Irish Mob is often depicted as more [[ChaoticEvil anarchic]] and 'casual' than TheMafia, preferring shabby pubs and [[strike:Zorkshire flatcaps]] t-shirts to Italian restaurants and fedoras.

The Irish Mob is often depicted as more [[ChaoticEvil anarchic]] and 'casual' than TheMafia, preferring shabby pubs and t-shirts to Italian restaurants and fedoras.

* ''{{Castle}}'' has an episode with an Irish gang; the victim of the week is an enforcer for the gang who's trying to stop a drug ring encroaching on the gang's territory.

* RoadToPerdition has its protagonist Michael O'Sullivan (who was renamed Michael Sullivan for the movie), and the Looney mob (renamed Rooney for the movie) led by John and Connor Looney.

* As mercenaries in ''SinCity''.

Boston is especially associated with TheIrishMob but, as noted above they can turn up anywhere.

* Nearly all the criminals in ''TheDeparted''. Jack Nicholson's character was partially based on real life Irish-American gangster James "Whitey" Bulger.