Title: Irish Gangsters | List of the Most Infamous Irish Mobsters
Headings: The Most Infamous Irish Mobsters of All Time
Weird History
The Most Infamous Irish Mobsters of All Time
James 'Big Jim' O'Leary
John Patrick Looney
Dean O'Banion
George 'Bugs' Moran
Owney 'The Killer' Madden
Edward J. 'Eddie' McGrath
James 'Buddy' McLean
Mickey Spillane
Edward 'Eddie the Butcher' Cummiskey
Howie Winter
James 'Whitey' Bulger
James 'Jimmy' Coonan
James 'Jimmy the Gent' Burke
Kevin Kelly

Content: He battled to keep his position as boss, with challenges coming from violent Irish mobsters who wanted nothing more than to take over. Among them was James "Jimmy" Coonan, who wanted revenge on Spillane for kidnapping his accountant father. Spillane was said to be involved in the so-called "snatch" racket - kidnapping big businessmen in the area and then demanding ransom from other mob groups. Mickey Spillane was ended in May 1977, clearing the way for a whole new kind of gangster to emerge. 9
Edward 'Eddie the Butcher' Cummiskey
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A fixture in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood in the 1960s, Eddie Cummiskey gained attention first as an associate of Mickey Spillane. A brutal man who had gained knowledge of butchery while behind bars in Upstate New York, Cummiskey became an integral part of Spillane's operation. ( He's credited with developing the practice of butchering victims and disposing of their remains in the Hudson River, an iconic trait of New York gangster-dom.) Cummiskey and Spillane split in the 1970s after Cummiskey took a young James Coonan under his wing. Nonetheless, Cummiskey was slain in 1976 by Joseph "Mad Dog" Sullivan during a purge of Spillane's close associates ordered by Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno.