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A Criminal and an Irishman: The Inside Story of the Boston Mob-IRA Connection Hardcover - 2006

by Patrick Nee; Richard Farrell; Michael Blythe


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A Criminal and an Irishman is an incomparable account of Pat Nee's life as an Irish immigrant and Southie son, a Marine, a convicted IRA gun smuggler, and a former top associate of Whitey Bulger's. His narrative transports the reader into the criminal underworld, inside the planning and preparation for an armored car heist, inside gang wars and revenge killings. Pat Nee details his evolution from tough street kid to armed robber to dangerous potential killer. He discloses for the first time how he used his underworld connections and know-how as a passionate and effective IRA operative. For years law enforcement and the media have speculated about important events with Pat Nee near or at their center: the Mullen-Killeen gang war for control of South Boston, the Valhalla smuggling operation (seven tons of heavy weapons aboard a fishing boat from Gloucester, Massachusetts, bound for Ireland), the murder of John McIntyre, and many other episodes. Pat NeeOs stories are sometimes dark and brutal, but they shed light on the world in which we live, and are stories that only he can tell.

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  • Title A Criminal and an Irishman: The Inside Story of the Boston Mob-IRA Connection
  • Author Patrick Nee; Richard Farrell; Michael Blythe
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 215
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Steerforth Press, Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
  • Date 2006-03-14
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781586421038 / 1586421034
  • Weight 0.96 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.34 x 6.3 x 0.86 in (23.72 x 16.00 x 2.18 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005036508
  • Dewey Decimal Code 364.106

Excerpt

"Not one account in this book is taken from a newspaper article, a police report, or somebody else's 'gangster' book. Everything detailed in this book I have either done, seen done, or heard about from the person who did it. Most reporters and authors who write Southie gangster books use CIs - confidential informers - as sources. However, seldom is the majority of information compiled by these sources correct information. Confidential informers are self-serving criminals who lie. This book is different from other books on the Boston Irish mob or any other 'Whitey/Southie' crime book. If my recollections don't match those in some other book by some other criminal, I don't care. My memory is not perfect. This is my life as I remember it. And I'm comfortable with that." - Author's Note, Patrick Nee

Media reviews

"A profane, often brutal memoir . . . Nee maintained an uneasy alliance with Bulger while pursuing his personal cause - raising money and smuggling weapons for the Irish Republican Army. "
The Boston Herald

"Nee commits some horrible crimes, from attempted murder to armed robbery. Yet even as he chases someone with a rifle through South Boston, he's the sort of guy you want to root for . . . Scenes in which Nee interacts with his parents or siblings are most touching. He's a good son, a bit of a smart-aleck and a fine drinking buddy as well as a gunrunner and would be assassin." — The Lawrence Eagle-Tribune

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