 | Irish Gangs and Stick-Fighting by John W. Hurley
Buy new: $20.69 / Used from: $15.00 I wrote this book as a kind of primer on Irish gangs and the Irish fighting culture called "Shillelagh Law". It helps explain the foundations of the Irish mob in America.
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 | The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld by Herbert Asbury
Buy used from: $0.01 A good book and upcoming film which chronicles the Irish gangs in Manhattan during the height of their power in America, and before they went legit.
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 | Making Sense of the Molly Maguires by Kevin Kenny
Buy new: $22.45 / Used from: $5.27 The best book on the Molly Maguires, helps to explain Irish gang culture.
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 | A Molly Maguire Story by Patrick Campbell
Buy new: $13.95 / Used from: $5.00 This moving personal account traces Patrick Campbell's search for justice for his grand-uncle, one of the executed Molly Maguires
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 | Mad Dog Coll: An Irish Gangster by Breandan Delap
The story of Mad Dog Coll is the story of thousands of Irish gangsters who fought and died in the streets of America in the first half of the 20th century
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| Westies by Thomas J. English
Buy used from: $4.00 This book tells the story of the Westies, one of the last Irish gangs to hold out from the 1800's. They're still around mind you, just not as obvious as they were in the old days.
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 | To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia (Ohio) by Rick Porrello
Buy used from: $19.43 The story of Danny Greene reads like something out of the mythology of CuChullian, one man waging war against impossible odds - an aspect of our psyche only we Irish seem to understand.
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 | Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob by Dick Lehr
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $0.67 Another book which gives you a feel for the Irish guys who still adhere to some aspects of "Shillelagh Law".
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 | The Shankill Butchers by Martin Dillon
Buy new: $39.54 / Used from: $14.00 A shocking book which discusses the brutal murders of innocent Irish Catholics by Irish Loyalists which started the last 30 odd years of violence in Ulster.
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