# List of American mobsters of Irish descent

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

| Name | Portrait | Life | Years active | Notes | References |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | | 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 | |
| Stevie Hughes | No image available | -1966 | | Boston mobster and, with his brother Corneilius Hughes, a hitman for the McLaughlin Brothers | |
| 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 | 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. | No image available | 1958– | 1983–1990 | Drug dealer and enforcer for James "Whitey" Bulger and the Winter Hill Gang | |
| Owney Madden | | 1891–1965 | | New York organized crime figure involved in bootlegging and former leader of the Gopher Gang | |
| James Martorano | 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 | 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 | |
| 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. The Syndicate operated casinos in Youngstown, Florida, and Northern Kentucky. McGinty and other members of the Syndicate were founders of the Desert Inn. | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | No image available | 1965– | 1978–1999 | Boston mobster affiliated with the Winter Hill Gang and a later government witness | |
| Howard T. "Howie" Winter | | 1929–2020 | 1959–2012 | Boston mobster, second head of the Winter Hill Gang | |

## Footnotes

    $^1$ Is of mixed ethnicity.