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.

List

NamePortrait Life Years active Notes ReferencesEdmund "Eddie" BoyleNo image available1965–1983–2003Gambino crime family associateJames J. "Whitey" Bulger1929–20181952–1995Legendary Boston mobster and former leader of the Winter Hill Gang Elmer "Trigger" BurkeNo image available1919–19581941–1956New York City mobster and freelance assassinJimmy Burke1931–19961949–1982New 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 CarrollNo image available1883–19461920–1933Organized crime figure who controlled in bootlegging Boston with partner Charles "King" Solomon during ProhibitionFox, Stephen. Blood and Power: Organized Crime in Twentieth-Century America. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1989. William "Dinty" Colbeck1891–19431919–1943 St. Louis organized crime figure and one time leader of Egan's Rats Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll1908–19321924–1932 New York mobster and freelance enforcer during Prohibition James Coonan1947–1962–1988New York mobster and leader of the Westies during the 1970s and 80s Timmy Connolly1No image available1958–20201976–1995Member of the Winter Hill Gang Eddie "The Butcher" CummiskeyNo image available1934–1976-1976New 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 DermodyNo image available-1965-1965 Boston mobster associated with Whitey Bulger. He was murdered after a failed assassination attempt on Buddy McLean.Tom DevaneyNo image available-19761960s–1970s New York mobster and enforcer for mobster Mickey Spillane during the 1960s and 70s Eddie DiamondNo image available1899–19291921–1929 New York mobster and brother of Jack "Legs" DiamondSifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: Da Capo Press, 2005. Jack Diamond1897–19311921–1931 Philadelphia/New York mobster involved in bootlegging during Prohibition Arthur "Butchy" Doe Jr.No image available1959–2018 Boston mobster and son of mobster Arthur Doe Sr. Justin M DonahueNo image available1979–1999 - Unknown Hell's Kitchen, New York mobster and high-ranked member of the WestiesJohn M. "Cockeye" DunnNo image available1910–1949 New York mobster and enforcer for labor racketeer Joe Ryan William "Big Bill" DwyerNo image available1883–1946 New York mobster involved in bootlegging during Prohibition William "Jellyroll" EganNo image available1884–1921 St. Louis mobster and co-founder of Egan's Rats Maurice "Mossy" EnrightNo image available-19201911–1920Chicago labor racketeer associated with the North Side Gang Mickey FeatherstoneNo image available1947–New York mobster and member of the Westies Richie FitzpatrickNo image available1880–1905New York mobster and member of the Eastman Gang Christopher FlynnNo image available1973–1992–2001NYC mobster involved in drug dealing, numbers rackets, and illegal gambling. Jimmy FlynnNo image available1934–2022Boston mobster and member of the Winter Hill Gang Danny Greene1933–1977Cleveland mobster involved in union racketeering Kevin HanrahanNo image available1956–1992Providence mobster and associate of the Patriarca crime family Vannie HigginsNo image available1897–1932New York mobster involved in bootlegging during Prohibition Henry Hill 11943–2012 New York mobster and associate of the Lucchese crime family "Dapper" Danny HoganNo image available1880–1928Organized crime figure involved in bootlegging in St. Paul during Prohibition Cornelius HughesNo image available-1966Boston mobster and hitman for the McLaughlin Brothers with his brother Stevie HughesAtkinson, Jay. Legends of Winter Hill: Cops, Con Men, and Joe McCain, the Last Real Detective. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2006. Stevie HughesNo image available-1966Boston mobster and, with his brother Corneilius Hughes, a hitman for the McLaughlin BrothersGeorge HoganNo image available1952–2000–Boston mobster believed to be the Winter Hill Gang's present boss Joe Kelly available1901–19661920–1966New 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 KitchenEnglish, T.J. Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. English, T.J. The Westies: Inside New York's Irish Mob. New York: Macmillan, 2006. Ward, Nathan. Dark Harbor: The War for the New York Waterfront. New York: Macmillan, 2010. Jeffrey A. Hopkins Call 2003–2012Martin KilbaneNo image available1923–1972Cleveland organized crime figure.Owen KilbaneNo image available1923–1972Cleveland organized crime figure.Donald KilleenNo image available1923–1972Boston mobster and head of criminal activities in South Boston John Patrick LooneyNo image available1865–19471909–1925bootlegger and organized crime figure in northern Illinois during Prohibition Edward "Eddie Mac" MacKenzie Jr.1No image available1958–1983–1990Drug dealer and enforcer for James "Whitey" Bulger and the Winter Hill GangStreet Soldier; My Life as an Enforcer for "Whitey" Bulger and the Boston Irish Mob by Edward MacKenzie and Phyllis Karas, Steerforth, 256 pp., Owney Madden1891–1965New York organized crime figure involved in bootlegging and former leader of the Gopher Gang James Martorano1No image available1941–1960's-1995Younger brother of Johnny Martorano; Winter Hill Gang associate and member of the Patriarca crime family Johnny Martorano1No image available1940–1964–1995Hitman for the Winter Hill Gang and older brother of James Martorano Joseph McDonaldNo image available1917–1997One of the charter members of the Winter Hill Gang Michael Cassius McDonald1839–1907 One of the earliest organized crime figures in ChicagoLindberg, 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. Schatzberg, Rufus, Robert J.Kelly and Ko-lin Chin, ed. Handbook of Organized Crime in the United States. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1994. Johnson, Curt and R. Craig Sautter. The Wicked City: Chicago from Kenna to Capone. New York: Da Capo Press, 1998. Frank McErlaneNo image available1894–1932 Chicago mobster and partner of bootlegger Joseph "Polack Joe" Saltis Thomas "Blackjack" McGinty available1892–1970A 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.Paul A. Tenkotte and James C. Claypool (2009) The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky. The University Press Of Kentucky. P. 200. The Syndicate operated casinos in Youngstown, Florida, and Northern Kentucky. McGinty and other members of the Syndicate were founders of the Desert Inn. Eddie McGrathNo image available1906–19941936–1959 New York organized crime figure who controlled the waterfront area and oversaw criminal activity in Hell's Kitchen during the 1940s Bernard "Bernie" McLaughlinNo image available-1961 Boston mobster and founder of the McLaughlin Brothers Edward "Punchy" McLaughlinNo image available-1965 Boston mobster and member of the McLaughlin Brothers George McLaughlinNo image available1927– Boston mobster and member of the McLaughlin BrothersFord, Beverly and Stephanie Schorow. The Boston Mob Guide: Hit Men, Hoodlums & Hideouts. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2011. James "Buddy" McLeanNo image available1929–1965 Boston mobster and former head of the Winter Hill Gang Hughie MulliganNo image available-1973 New York mobster and organized crime figure in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen during the 1950s Joseph Vincent "Newsboy" Moriarty1910–19791923–1972 New Jersey mobster involved in the numbers racket Patrick NeeNo image available1943–1966–1984 Boston mobster and associate of Whitey Bulger Russell NicholsonNo image available1931–19641961–1964 Boston police officer and associate of the Winter Hill GangMyles O'DonnellNo image available1904–1932 Chicago mobster and founder of the O'Donnell Mob Dean O'Banion1892–1924 Chicago mobster and founder of the North Side Mob Carleton O'BrienNo image available1913–1952 Gordon O'BrienNo image available1947–2008 Providence mobster and associate of the Patriarca crime family "Big" Jim O'LearyNo image available1860–1926 Chicago organized crime figure involved in illegal gambling James "Spike" O'TooleNo image available1929–1973 Boston mobster and associate of the Winter Hill Gang James M. RagenNo image available1881–1946-1946 Chicago organized crime figure involved in bootlegging and illegal gambling Ciarán "Irish" RedmondNo image available1968 –1985–2009Irish-American Mobster Currently Serving a 40-year Sentence in solitary confinement Florence ADX Supermax for several bank heists and an alleged "hit". Joseph RyanNo image available1884–19631927–1953 New York labor racketeer and organized crime figure Frank "Cadillac Frank" Salemme 11933–20221957–1995 Boston mobster and one time leader of the Patriarca crime family John "Red" SheaNo image available1965–1980–1997 Boston mobster and member of the Winter Hill Gang Frank "The Irishman" SheeranNo image available1920–20031955–1982 Associate and freelance assassin for the Bufalino crime family Andrew "Squint" SheridanNo image available1902–1949-1947 New York mobster and enforcer for labor racketeer Joe RyanMickey SpillaneNo image available1934–19771959–1977 New York mobster and head of Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen during the 1950s and 60s Joseph "Mad Dog" SullivanNo image available1939–20171955–1983 New York mobster and freelance assassin for the Genovese crime familyGangster Report – ‘MAD DOG’ SULLIVAN DIES BEHIND BARS AT 77, LEAVES LEGACY OF A MEAN, LEAN MURDER MACHINE by Scott Burnstein, Retrieved Jun. 15, 2017.Roger Touhy1898–19591920–1933 Chicago mobster and bootlegger during Prohibition Frank WallaceNo image available1904–1931-1931Boston mobster and leader of the Gustin Gang during Prohibition Danny WalshNo image available1893–19331920–1933Providence bootlegger and major organized crime figure in southern New England during Prohibition Kevin Weeks1No image available1965–1978–1999 Boston mobster affiliated with the Winter Hill Gang and a later government witness Zachary Bates Wireman. "Irish Donn⁵m11929–20261959–2026 Boston mobster, Head Mob Boss of the Winter Hill Gang Irish mob

Footnotes 1 Is of mixed ethnicity.

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