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strangeirish
02/02/2007, 3:38 PM
Saw a documentary last night based on the book 'Paddy Whacked' by T.J. English. Basically it's how the Irish were the first 'mob' in the US, starting in the 1840's in New York, Boston and then later Chicago. The Sicilians didn't gain a foothold until the late 1800's in New Orleans, when they shot the Chief of Police David Hennessy, who was of Irish decent. It goes on to describe how the Kennedy's used the Italian mob to get JFK elected and how Bobby Kennedy went after them when he became attorney general, leading some to speculate that the JFK assassination was indeed a mob hit. Finishes by talking about 'Whitey Bulger', the last of the Boston Irish mobsters, who is still on the lam, and is rumored to be in Ireland.

Anyone see this or get a chance to read the book?
BohsPartisan
02/02/2007, 3:53 PM
Nope, sounds interesting though. What channel was that on?
WeAreRovers
02/02/2007, 3:59 PM
It's published over here as Old Bones and Shallow Graves. It's in Easons and I cannot recommend it highly enough. It's Paddygangstertastic.

http://www.amazon.com/Old-Bones-Shallow-Graves-English/dp/1840189959

KOH
paul_oshea
02/02/2007, 4:07 PM
i remember reading about this before. unfortunately i find myself doing a lot more interesting things with my time than reading books, so I could never see myself finishing this.
strangeirish
02/02/2007, 4:10 PM
Nope, sounds interesting though. What channel was that on?
It was on the History International Channel, here in the US. Can you get that at home?
dancinpants
02/02/2007, 4:30 PM
It was on the Discovery Channel, here in the US. Can you get that at home?


Must keep my eye out for repeats.
strangeirish
02/02/2007, 5:18 PM
Must keep my eye out for repeats.

Sorry guys, it was on the History International (http://www.historyinternational.com/global/listings/listings_search.jsp) channel and it's on at midnight tonight, EST, for those of you in the US.
dancinpants
02/02/2007, 5:26 PM
Sorry guys, it was on the History International (http://www.historyinternational.com/global/listings/listings_search.jsp) channel and it's on at midnight tonight, EST, in the for those of you in the US.

Good stuff, have to TIVO that. Cheers SI
strangeirish
02/02/2007, 6:06 PM
Good stuff, have to TIVO that. Cheers SI
You might want to hold off on that, as it was on at midnight last night. Apologies, I'll get my s**t together today yet!:o The do show a lot of that stuff around St.Patricks day over here though.
BohsPartisan
02/02/2007, 11:53 PM
Have the history channel. Is that the same thing? Will check the schedules.
kdjaC
04/02/2007, 5:08 PM
Have the history channel. Is that the same thing? Will check the schedules.

We get a *******ised version of it, http://www.google.ie/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-41,GGGL:en&q=history+channel 2nd one is ours.

kdjac
Anto McC
04/02/2007, 6:54 PM
I read the book myself and it was an excellent read.