of Representatives from 1928 until he retired from political life in 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the House Majority Leader three times and as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1962 until 1971. Will McDonough, sportswriter for The Boston Globe and television analyst. Joe Moakley, U.S. congressman serving as a Democrat and the last chairman of the United States House Committee on Rules. Leo Monahan (1926–2013), sports journalist who covered the Boston Bruins Pat Nee, former Irish mob associate for Whitey Bulger, arms trafficker to the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and memoirist. Brian Noonan, hockey player who won the Stanley Cup in 1994 with New York Rangers. John G. Ryan, President of P.F. Collier and Son Corporation, publisher of Collier's Encyclopedia, President of The Richards Company, reference book subsidiary of Grolier Incorporated. Kevin Weeks, former Irish mob boss, close associate of and witness against Whitey Bulger, and memoirist References Notes Sources Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell; Rosenberg, Charlie, South Boston: Then & Now, Arcadia Publishing Company, 2006 Further reading External links South Boston Online South Boston Tribune Southie's St Patrick's Day Parade Boston Public Library. Boston Pictorial Archive. Images of South Boston Ethnic enclaves in the United States Irish-American culture Irish-American culture in Boston Irish-American history Irish-American neighborhoods Neighborhoods in Boston Polish communities in the United States Populated coastal places in Massachusetts