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Irish Syndicates (North America)

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Irish Mafia (North America)

Irish Mafia (syndicates in North America)

The Irish Syndicates are Irish-American criminal syndicates in North America.

Background[]

The Irish Mob was the Irish-American organized crime which had formed in the United States by Prohibition, consisting of various Irish crime syndicates. When magic returned to the world with a vengeance in the Awakening, the La Cosa Nostra took advantage of the chaos and opened its doors to the smaller criminal outfits. Most of the Irish-American syndicates joined the new multi-ethnic Mafia.[1][2] They were either absorbed into one of the 12 major families or became one of the 100+ minor families and associated groups.[3][4] Currently there are Irish-American crime families in at least two locations, in Boston (the O'Rilley Family and Muldoon Family) and in Seattle (the Finnigan Family), all three of whom are major families.[5][6] In both the Boston and Seattle sprawls, it's the Irish-American families that rule the Mafia.

Note[]

Due to where Irish-Americans were concentrated and the location of historically documented Irish-American syndicates, any independent Irish-American ethnic mafias which still exist or Irish-American crime families that are part of the American Mafia would most likely be located in the UCAS (NY City, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Boston).

Trivia[]

By the late 20th century the Irish Mob had nearly ceased to exist in the United States. While it rivaled the power of the Italians during the 1920s-1940s, due to the lack of unity in the Irish underworld (they lacked any regional councils much less a national one) and the lack of a new wave of poor Irish immigrants, they went into decline and the few remaining Irish syndicates became auxiliaries / vassals of whatever Italian-American crime family dominated in their city. Presently there are a few small Irish mobs or crews in Boston and Philadelphia.

References[]

  1. ↑ o05084094Underworld Sourcebook p.28
  2. ↑ o05084094Underworld Sourcebook p.73
  3. ↑ o05084094Underworld Sourcebook p.30
  4. ↑ o33031982Vice p.86
  5. ↑ o05084094Underworld Sourcebook p.32
  6. ↑ o05084094Underworld Sourcebook p.34

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Irish Mafia in the Real World[]

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