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{{quote|''When I was your age they would say we can become cops or criminals.''|'''Frank Costello''', ''[[The Departed]]''}}
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* Nearly all the criminals in ''[[The Departed]]''. [[Jack Nicholson]]'s character was partially based on real life Irish-American gangster James "Whitey" Bulger.
* The antagonists in ''[[A History of Violence]]'' are Irish mobsters.
* ''[[MillersMiller's Crossing]]'' features a war between Irish and Italian gangs.
* ''[[Johnny Dangerously]]'' is a comedic example.
* ''[[Death to Smoochy]]'' also uses them comedically.
* ''Veronica Guerin'' has a relatively rare film appearance by Irish mobsters actually operating ''in'' Ireland.
* ''The General'' and ''Ordinary Decent Criminal'', are both about the exploits of real-life Irish gangster Martin Cahill.
* In ''[[CharliesCharlie's Angels]]: Full Throttle'', Dylan's ex-with-a-vengeance is an Irish mobster.
* ''[[Gangs of New York]]'' features very early immigrant Irish street gangs that ultimately gave rise to the Irish Mob as we know it.
* ''[[Road to Perdition]]'', with the exception of a few of Al Capone's men in Chicago, involves Irish-Americans.
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== [[Fanfic]] ==
* The protagonists of ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6485377/1/bBloody_b_bGoldenrod_b Bloody Goldenrod]'' are all members of an Irish mob...in [[Pokémon Gold and Silver (Video Game)|Goldenrod City]].
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]'' the Corleone crime family is sometimes called 'the Irish Gang' because Vito's ''consigliere'' is the half-Irish half-German Tom Hagen. [[The Irish Mob]] proper is mentioned in passing as a group of 'mad dog Irish stick up artists' the Corleone's warred with during the Depression. They actually came within an inch of killing Vito, managing to shoot him (non-fatally obviously), which is better than Al Capone's gunmen managed.
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[The Black Donnellys]]''
* ''Brotherhood''
* The second season of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' had Peter Petrelli link up with Irish mobsters in Cork.
* The 'Fighting Fitzpatricks' of ''[[Veronica Mars]]''.
* Showed up on ''[[Leverage]]'' in "The Beantown Bailout Job"...and apparently Nate had been a childhood friend of one of the mobsters.
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