List of American mobsters of Irish descent

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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.

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 assassinWilliam "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 available1958–1976–1995Member 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. 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 WestiesStevie HughesNo image available 1966Boston mobster and, with his brother Corneilius Hughes, a hitman for the McLaughlin BrothersJeffrey 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 GangOwney 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 ChicagoFrank 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. 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 available1906–1936–1959 New York organized crime figure who controlled the waterfront area and oversaw criminal activity in Hell's Kitchen during the 1940s Bernard "Bernie" 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 BrothersJames "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 GangRoger 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 Howard T. "Howie" Winter11929–20201959–2012 Boston mobster, second head of the Winter Hill Gang

1 Is of mixed ethnicity.