Post by frankthetriviaman on Nov 29, 2018 2:36:16 GMT -5
The fall of O’Connor had left the Irish Mob in shambles. With almost every top lieutenant arrested as well as most of the experienced members, along with their London infrastructure dismantled, the fragmented remains of the mob solely resided in the Emerald Isle now.
Mulligan lead the core surviving membership of O’Connor’s outfit out of Dublin; but without the influence of the boss who effectively United Irish crime in the palm of his hand, Ireland had become a battlefield, and the winner would become the new king of crime. Despite being down to about 80 members or so, Mulligan felt confident he could get it all back. But Mulligan had stiff competition:
Up North, Francis Flanigan lead a sizable contraband shipping operation out of Belfast; he was determined to make this the centerpiece of what he saw as his empire.
”they will never compete with my flow of capital” he thought to himself.
Over in Limerick, Paul McMillan centralized power by uniting half a dozen gangs under his arm; he was one of only a handful to have an outfit of more than 60 men
”That b*stard O’Connor is gone; time to take what is rightfully ours!” He screamed as those assembled cheered their agreement
Manus Canavan of Galway didn’t run a big operation... but when it came to sabotage, espionage, subversion and the like, his outfit had no equals.
”we’ll take down what’s left of O’Connor’s empire and reap the rewards left behind!” He declared before planning a direct, but secret, attack on their compound.
Finally, Ryan Brennan of Cork ran a series of small operations, but his primary was counterfeiting. And with these seeds, he was determined to grow a new empire out of the ashes of the old.
”They will never see us coming” He declared proudly.
...and didn’t even include the three dozen or so smaller gangs and factions also fighting for the crown.
regardless of sides though, observers and those involved alike all agreed on one thing though- without Ryan O’Connor, the man who unified Irish crime and ruled with an iron fist, organized crime in Ireland was in a sad state of affairs...
Mulligan lead the core surviving membership of O’Connor’s outfit out of Dublin; but without the influence of the boss who effectively United Irish crime in the palm of his hand, Ireland had become a battlefield, and the winner would become the new king of crime. Despite being down to about 80 members or so, Mulligan felt confident he could get it all back. But Mulligan had stiff competition:
Up North, Francis Flanigan lead a sizable contraband shipping operation out of Belfast; he was determined to make this the centerpiece of what he saw as his empire.
”they will never compete with my flow of capital” he thought to himself.
Over in Limerick, Paul McMillan centralized power by uniting half a dozen gangs under his arm; he was one of only a handful to have an outfit of more than 60 men
”That b*stard O’Connor is gone; time to take what is rightfully ours!” He screamed as those assembled cheered their agreement
Manus Canavan of Galway didn’t run a big operation... but when it came to sabotage, espionage, subversion and the like, his outfit had no equals.
”we’ll take down what’s left of O’Connor’s empire and reap the rewards left behind!” He declared before planning a direct, but secret, attack on their compound.
Finally, Ryan Brennan of Cork ran a series of small operations, but his primary was counterfeiting. And with these seeds, he was determined to grow a new empire out of the ashes of the old.
”They will never see us coming” He declared proudly.
...and didn’t even include the three dozen or so smaller gangs and factions also fighting for the crown.
regardless of sides though, observers and those involved alike all agreed on one thing though- without Ryan O’Connor, the man who unified Irish crime and ruled with an iron fist, organized crime in Ireland was in a sad state of affairs...