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A criminal & an Irishman, the inside story of the Boston mob-IRA connection, Patrick Nee ; Richard Farrell & Michael Blythe

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A criminal & an Irishman, the inside story of the Boston mob-IRA connection, Patrick Nee ; Richard Farrell & Michael Blythe

Language

eng

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contains biographical information

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A criminal & an Irishman

Oclc number

62697117

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Patrick Nee ; Richard Farrell & Michael Blythe

Sub title

the inside story of the Boston mob-IRA connection

Summary

After serving in Vietnam as a combat Marine, Irishman Pat Nee returned to the gang-filled streets of Boston. A member of the Mullen Gang since the age of 14, Nee rejoined the group to lead their fight against Whitey Bulger's Killeen brothers. Years later, the two gangs merged to form the Winter Hill Gang, at first led by Howie Winter and then by Bulger. But by the time Bulger took over, a wide rift had opened up between the infamous crime boss and Pat Nee, who was disgusted by Bulger's brutality. A Criminal and an Irishman is the story of Pat Nee's life as an Irish immigrant and Southie son, a Marine and convicted IRA gun smuggler, and a former rival-turned-associate of James "Whitey" Bulger. His narrative transports readers into the criminal underworld, taking them inside preparation for armored car heists, gang wangs, and revenge killings. Nee details his evolution from tough street kid to armed robber to dangerous potential killer, disclosing for the first time how he used his underworld connections as a secret operative for the Irish Republican Army. For years, Pat smuggled weapons and money from the United States to Ireland -- in the bottoms of coffins, behind false panels of vans -- leading up to a transatlantic shipment of seven and a half tons of munitions aboard the fishing trawler Valhalla. No other Southie underworld figure can match Pat's reputation for resolve and authenticity

Table Of Contents

How to rob an armored car -- Ireland -- Gunslinger -- The Mullen Gang -- The stuttering marine -- Hawaii -- A war we should have won -- Crime pays -- Peter Nee -- Hunting -- The Southie gang war -- "The truce" -- A criminal and an Irishman -- The long journey home -- The birth of Valhalla -- Seven tons of guns -- The Atlantic ocean -- Circle of green

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Criminal and an Irishman

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