Boston Irish mob

E197794
Irish-American organized crime organized crime group network

The Boston Irish mob is a network of Irish-American organized crime groups in Boston known for their violent turf wars, political corruption, and influence on popular culture depictions of gangland life.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Boston Irish mob canonical 2
Irish Mob 1
Irish mob 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish-American organized crime ⓘ
organized crime group network ⓘ
associatedWith FBI Top Echelon Informant Program (through Whitey Bulger) ⓘ
Federal Bureau of Investigation corruption scandals involving informants ⓘ
conflictWith New England Patriarca crime family ⓘ
surface form: Italian-American Mafia in New England

Patriarca crime family ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criminalActivity arms trafficking ⓘ
money laundering ⓘ
murder for hire ⓘ
witness intimidation ⓘ
ethnicity Irish-American ⓘ
hasNotableMember Howie Winter ⓘ
James "Whitey" Bulger ⓘ
John Martorano ⓘ
Kevin Weeks ⓘ
James "Whitey" Bulger ⓘ
surface form: Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi

William "Billy" Bulger (alleged political connections, not a mob member) ⓘ
hasNotableSubgroup Charlestown Mob ⓘ
Killeen gang ⓘ
Mullens gang ⓘ
Winter Hill Gang ⓘ
influencedWork Black Mass (2015 film) ⓘ
Books about Whitey Bulger and the Winter Hill Gang ⓘ
Brotherhood ⓘ
surface form: Brotherhood (TV series)

City on a Hill ⓘ
surface form: City on a Hill (TV series)

Mystic River ⓘ
surface form: Mystic River (2003 film)

The Departed ⓘ
surface form: The Departed (2006 film)

The Town ⓘ
surface form: The Town (2010 film)
involvedIn Boston gang wars of the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ
Charlestown armored car and bank robbery rings ⓘ
Boston Irish mob self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: South Boston gang wars
knownFor drug trafficking ⓘ
extortion ⓘ
illegal gambling ⓘ
influence on popular culture depictions of gangland life ⓘ
loan sharking ⓘ
political corruption ⓘ
racketeering ⓘ
violent turf wars ⓘ
location Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
operatesIn Charlestown ⓘ
surface form: Charlestown, Boston

Somerville, Massachusetts ⓘ
South Boston ⓘ
rivalryType ethnic rivalry with Italian-American organized crime in New England ⓘ
socialBase Irish-American neighborhoods in Boston ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Departed → inspiredBy → Boston Irish mob ⓘ
The Departed → setInFictionalOrganization → Boston Irish mob ⓘ
Jewish Mob → alliedWith → Boston Irish mob ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Mob
Boston Irish mob → involvedIn → Boston Irish mob self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Boston gang wars
Colin Sullivan → secretAffiliation → Boston Irish mob ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish mob