Dec 16, 2018 on this day, 16th december, was one of the most famous mob hits of all time, the death of mafia boss paul castellano. Although logic would have us believe that there is a bigger presence in ireland, this is incorrect. The westies gang, based in blanchardstown, west dublin, has been highly involved in the theft of luxury cars. The same is done with taxi drivers, the gang use fake accounts to book drivers and then they beat them up on arrival and rob them. Hughie mcginley 26 shot in the head by the pillion passenger on a motorcycle in sligo town centre. The man nicknamed the general initially for libel purposes is one of irelands most famous gangsters, with brendan gleeson starring as the dublin criminal in the 1998 film. Starting with a partnership between two sadistic thugs, jimmy coonan and mickey. Feb 04, 2020 the mob war has left 18 men dead many of them gunned down in the streets of dublins north inner city. The westies irish gang the westies was the name given by the irish media to a criminal gang based in blanchardstown, west dublin, ireland. Nearly 10 years after the crime reporter veronica guerin was shot dead for pursuing dublins drug barons, irelands criminal gangs are more.
Best pals who grew up robbing cars for the notorious westies. The westies is a superficial, somewhat sensationalized account of certain gangsters of irish descent who dominated and terrorized hells kitchen in the 1980s. It was a significant event in mob history, the death of a boss and the rise of another boss, john gotti. The westies was a predominantly irish american organized crime association and a.
The westies was the name given by the irish media to a criminal gang based in blanchardstown, west dublin, ireland they controlled the heroin trade in west dublin in the late 90s and early 2000s and were known for their extreme violence against drug addicts and rival drug dealers. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the westies. Its reads very easily and moves quickly, despite its 500 page plus content. While other gangs are also involved in car thefts, gardai suspect the westies could be the thieves which supplied cars to the middle eastern gang. This book dispels the myth that your westie to a rescue westie bite lawsuit. The westies were a gang of violent criminals in blanchardstown, the two leading members of which were from corduff. One of the last living members of the manhattans vicious westies gang has died in a california prison. As one international crime gang headed up by a dublin drug smuggler seeks to annihilate its rival in the irish capital, at least 29 men have been told they are on death lists. A fascinating account of one of the most brutal organized crime gangs in the history of the united states. The westies return as police bust irishamerican gang boss. One well known gang was the westies located in blanchardstown, west dublin.
A plan had been put in place to kill james holly, a construction worker who had killed john bokun, the brother of billy bokun, the gang had decided to take revenge and pin it on featherstone. This year, as part of the electric picnic festival in. The westies were a new york city based irish american organized crime gang, responsible for racketeering, drug trafficking, and contract killing. James coonan, kevin kelly, james mcelroy, kenneth shannon,william bokun, john halo, edna coonan, richardritter, thomas collins, florencecollins, defendants,kevin kelly, defendantappellant, 938 f. A dublin man, who rented the warehouse in the costa blanca town of catral, was in police custody last night. They became the most notorious gang in the history of organized crime, excelling in extortion, numbers running, loansharking, and drug peddling. There is an alternate cover edition for this edition of this book here.
The glennons, bernard sugg and his brother, stephen 27, along with shane coates 31, were all at one time members of the notorious blanchardstownbased westies gang. Gangland news, views, gossip, pictures, video irish. This scandal was the basis for the book black mass and served as an inspiration for the fictional. Sources told the echo the citys links to irish gangs could result in it becoming a new. Jul 14, 2008 even among the mob, the westies were feared. James jimmy mac mcelroy was serving a 60year sentence for racketeering in federal. The two missing westies gangsters, whose bodies were found beside a spanish warehouse on tuesday night, were shot dead after doublecrossing another irish drugs gang over a cannabis deal. In the late 1990s this gang made nationwide headlines for the extreme violence and intimidation they used to control the drug trade in the area. Mickey featherstone born june 3, 1949 is a former irish american mobster and member of the westies, an organized crime syndicate from hells k. The scissors sisters a page from the westies book dublin. But it was another murder would bring paul castellano in to contact with some irish gangsters and an irish cop too. State of grace 1 starring ed harris, gary oldman, sean penn and more it has a really fine cast, which is specifically about the nyc hells.
Sep 18, 2011 photos of some of dublins most notorious gangster. An epic story of the cuban american underworld, the westies. There is a fair amount of blood and gore in the book, but while somewhat graphic, is not. The pair linked up with the westies gang when they were teenagers and built up reputations 20 years ago as prolific car thieves. They were partnered with the italianamerican mafia and operated out of the hells kitchen neighborhood of manhattan.
Much of the material appears verbatim in another english book called paddy whacked. Return of the westies as police bust irishamerican gang boss in drug smuggle. The gang war between the christy kinahan cartel and the hutch mob will not end until daniel kinahan is shot dead. The book ends with the virtual elimination of the westies as a gang, although realtors and developers may have been as much responsible as cops and prosecutors. Dublin gang war wont end until daniel kinahan is shot dead. English, although never more than twelve to twenty membersdepending on who was in or out of jail. The westies were a new york citybased irish american organized crime gang, responsible for racketeering, drug trafficking, and contract killing. English, the new york times bestselling author of the corporation. Westies gangster takes own life in jail independent. Rise and rise of dublins vicious drug lords world news the. This is about an irish gang coined the westies out of new york. Westies gang feud link to murder of innocent dad herald. The infamous mob headed up by gangsters shane coates and stephen sugg terrorised dublin in the early days of the celtic tiger boom. Gang violence and mentality is a fascinating and often revealing subject.
They were partnered with the italianamerican mafia and operated out of the hells kitchen neighborhood of manhattan according to crime author t. Jan 19, 2018 the same is done with taxi drivers, the gang use fake accounts to book drivers and then they beat them up on arrival and rob them. You can use this exercise play a big role in protect the floor. Set in the 19th century in the five points district of new york, the all. The westies was the name given by the irish media to a criminal gang based in blanchardstown, west dublin, ireland. Oct 19, 2005 once part of the notorious westies gang, which dominated the area by torturing its rivals, the glennons broke off and challenged their former bosses. English, although never comprised of more than twelve to twenty members depending on who was in or out of jail at any given time the westies became. Mar 15, 2015 mob talk radio the westies and jimmy coonan sammy gravano duration. Once part of the notorious westies gang, which dominated the area by torturing its rivals, the glennons broke off and challenged their former bosses. The westies call themselves after the irishamerican gang which terrorised hells kitchen, new york, in the 1970s and 1980s.
But this particular episodes story was so intriguing that i felt i had to know more so i bought the book. Inside new yorks irish mob is the true account of the vicious gang that ruled hells kitchen from the 1960s through the 1980s even among the mob, the westies were feared. Best pals who grew up robbing cars for the notorious. The irish mob is the oldest organized criminal gang in the history of the united states. Rise and rise of dublins vicious drug lords world news. The book follows a group of gangsters from the sixties to the late eighties and in the most recent edition, gives an update to where people are at in the almost present time. Dublin gang the pesties turning into proper crime gang. Starting with a partnership between two sadistic thugs, jimmy coonan and.
They have been linked to more than 70 robberies and assaults in dublin and are on the verge of becoming a proper crime gang who dont follow any rules. The westies were a new york citybased irish american organized crime gang, responsible for. The westies was gang that had as its home new yorks. It is advisable to employ higher levels of training collars used westie gang dublin for a wellbehaved westie. This is a great book written about the notorious irish ny gang, the westies. I highly recommend this book to any true crime historians. Return of the westies as police bust irishamerican gang. Irelands most notorious gangsters joe is the voice of. The union of political power with criminal activity enhanced the gangs ability. The westies return as police bust irishamerican gang boss in drug smuggle. Out of a partnership between two sadistic thugs, james coonan and mickey featherstone, the gang rose out of the inferno of hells kitchen, a decaying tenderloin slice of new york citys west side. The westies deserve a chapter in gangster lore as the brutal irish american gang who ruled over hells kitchen in the 70s and 80s. With their roots dating back to the 19th century, chapters are in operation all over the continental united states, with huge presences in new york city, boston, and chicago.
Jan 04, 2019 in one of the more shocking crimes that has taken place in ireland, the scissor sisters is definitely one that is high on the list, in fact jimmy coonan, edward the butcher cummiskey, even the demeo crew would be proud of these sisters, it could also be included as a chapter in their books. T he grim warning was made this week by a major criminal who is believed to be one. From the animal gangs of the 1930s to football hooliganism in the 1970s and 80s, weve long had an obsession around these parts with the violent past of the capital. Violent gangster andrew glennon 30 shot multiple times after being ambushed by four gunmen near his home blanchardstown, west dublin. Out of a partnership between two sadistic thugs james coonan and mickey featherstone the gang dominated the decaying slice of new york citys west side known as hells kitchen in the 1970s and 80s. Even yesterday jaycarax wrote a piece on triad gang violence in the capital in the late 1970s. Aug 24, 2005 the westies gang, based in blanchardstown, west dublin, has been highly involved in the theft of luxury cars. James coonan born december 21, 1946 known as jimmy c, was an irishamerican gangster and boss of the notoriously violent hells kitchen irish mob known as the westies, which was the most brutal irish gang in history. Feb 19, 2018 as one international crime gang headed up by a dublin drug smuggler seeks to annihilate its rival in the irish capital, at least 29 men have been told they are on death lists. Dublin gang war wont end until daniel kinahan is shot. The news comes after a notorius dublin gang boss was arrested by gardai investigating the murder. Gangland dublin criminal underworld irish mobsters youtube.
See more ideas about irish mob, irish and mafia gangster. I was looking for a decent nonfiction book on crime and picked this one up. A brutal gang war that has left a dozen dead in dublin could spill into liverpool, irish police fear. The mob war has left 18 men dead many of them gunned down in the streets of dublins north inner city.
Aug 18, 2016 the kinahan gang are an irish drug gang which grew up in dublin. They sprang up in west dublin about five years ago. On this day, 16th december, was one of the most famous mob hits of all time, the death of mafia boss paul castellano. Irish gang war could hit liverpool, dublin police warn. But what sealed featherstones and the westies fate was that the gang had planned to pin a murder on him, to try get him out of the way. Irish mob project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. The ruthless criminals have ties to colombian and mexican cartels as well as the russian mafia. During the 1960s there was very little crime in dublin, with the majority of crime being petty crime, while murder and gunrelated crime was extremely rare. The 38yearold thug, who was once head of the westies gang, was previously a close associate of slain crime bosses eamon the don dunne and michael micka kelly. From the liberty boys to the westies history ireland at. New york the alleged boss of the westies, an irish gang rooted in hells kitchen that has carried out murderous subcontracts for the gambino crime family, has been charged for killing a. May 10, 2011 one of the last living members of the manhattans vicious westies gang has died in a california prison.
Who are the kinahan and hutch gangs and why are the two. I have known westies continually chose to follow man through difficult either. An garda siochana armed gang involved in cork feud promise to beat rivals to death in. Best irish mob books 26 books meet your next favorite book. The gangs of new york by herbert asbury, the westies. J download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. English, recommended to me by folks close to a former dea agent, tells a detailed factual story from court transcripts and wire tabs of the take down of a new york mob circa 1970s. The kinahan gang are an irish drug gang which grew up in dublin.
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