List of American mobsters of Irish descent
Name Portrait Life Years active Notes
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
Edmund Eddie Boyle No image available 1965- 1983-2003 Gambino crime family associate
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
Ciarán Irish Redmond 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
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
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
Eddie The Butcher Cummiskey No image available -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
James Coonan 1947- 1962-1988 New York mobster and leader of the Westies during the 1970s and 80s
Timmy Connolly No image available 1958- 1976-1995 Member of the Winter Hill Gang
Ronald Dermody No image available -1965 -1965 Boston mobster associated with Whitey Bulger . He was murdered after a failed assassination attempt on Buddy McLean
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
Jack Diamond 1897-1931 1921-1931 Philadelphia/New York mobster involved in bootlegging during Prohibition
Arthur Butchy Doe , Jr No image available 1960- Boston mobster and son of mobster Arthur Doe , Sr
George Donahue No image available 1909- New York labor racketeer
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
List
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.