Best and worst Irish Criminal nicknames

Mr Williams

What do you think is the best and worst Irish Criminal nickname ?

Off the top of my head I can think of these names.

The Viper
The General
The Monk
The Penguin
The Don
Factory John
Fat Freddie
Fatpuss
Dr Coke
Terror Chief
Terror Boss

I think The Viper has the coolest nickname. Also I believe Fatpuss is the worst nickname, you cant take someone with that nickname seriously.

BTW I want to make it clear that I'm not condoning criminality. I'm just looking to find out who has the best nickname.

Mr. Incognito

The Pimp.

Panthro

The Scissor Sisters.

Collie D

The Tosser. Best and worst in my opinion.

With all these criminals with nicknames we really do need Batman

The Dagda

Bertie

tayto lover

Bertie.

BMJD

Goo Eyes in Fair City

Panthro

Bertie.

cletus van damme

Mr Williams wrote: »

What do you think is the best and worst Irish Criminal nickname ?

Off the top of my head I can think of these names.

The Viper
The General
The Monk
The Penguin
The Don
Factory John
Fat Freddie
Fatpuss
Dr Coke
Terror Chief
Terror Boss

I think The Viper has the coolest nickname. Also I believe Fatpuss is the worst nickname, you cant take someone with that nickname seriously.

BTW I want to make it clear that I'm not condoning criminality. I'm just looking to find out who has the best nickname.

you made up Dr Coke though....

131spanner

Bertie.

Jawgap

Len 'bishop' Brennan

creolebelle

The general was such a good film. I still can't wrap my head around his relationship with his wife and her sister

Mr Williams

cletus van damme wrote: »

you made up Dr Coke though....

"Dr Coke" was on the front page of the Sunday World a few years ago.

http://www.sundayworld.com/top-stories/crime-desk/investigations/how-we-exposed-rise-and-fall-of-doctor-coke

Mr.Crinklewood

Panthro Killer

DEFTLEFTHAND

The Panda was another good one. Chap was shot a few years back I think.

Jack 'Legs' Diamond is my favourite Irish American criminal nickname. (operated in the 1920s and 30s)

I dislike unimaginative common ones like Deco or something.

Duiske

I worked for one of them for awhile, strictly legit stuff, but I learned 2 things pretty fast. 1. Never, ever, use his nickname within his range of hearing. And 2. If you're ever standing beside someone who uses his nickname within his range of hearing ? Move. Quickly.

Jumboman

An Irish Crminial has not really made it until the Sunday World gives them a nickname.

chuckyarelaw

Yore ma

cletus van damme

Mr Williams wrote: »

"Dr Coke" was on the front page of the Sunday World a few years ago.

http://www.sundayworld.com/top-stories/crime-desk/investigations/how-we-exposed-rise-and-fall-of-doctor-coke

i tip my hat to your correctness and withdraw my jibe.

Chattastrophe!

Has anyone mentioned Bertie yet?

:pac:

Tin Foil Hat

Duiske wrote: »

I worked for one of them for awhile, strictly legit stuff, but I learned 2 things pretty fast. 1. Never, ever, use his nickname within his range of hearing. And 2. If you're ever standing beside someone who uses his nickname within his range of hearing ? Move. Quickly.

Fatpuss?

CarrickMcJoe

Ivor the Engine

Chance The Fapper

Bertie

DEFTLEFTHAND

Johhny 'Mad dog' Adair's son and wife were known as 'Mad Pup' and 'Mad Bitch' in UDA circles. 'Daft Dog' is his other son.

.jacksparrow.

Paul Williams and his glamourising of these criminals, all to sell papers.

A good nickname for Paul...

experiMental

Some nicknames that spring to mind:

-Slab

-The Bishop

-The General

I'm dead serious!

jjbrien

the Black Widow springs to mind

cletus van damme

the was lad called Jimmy "the smell" although I think that was his real name rather than a nickname

can't find a link though

average hero

When I was a teenager reading stories about them in the Sunday World, I always thought the Westies were a cool gang name. The fact it referenced their turf added to its coolness.

The other fella

creolebelle wrote: »

The general was such a good film. I still can't wrap my head around his relationship with his wife and her sister

he was banging them both.

Tzardine

Nidge

Dyr

The Walrus was the best one the sunday world came up with

In terms of outlaw nick names, mad dog mcglinchey is hard to top

Phoebas

The Border Fox

Lucifer MorningStar

Pat Kenny

Jumboman

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Paul Williams and his glamourising of these criminals, all to sell papers.

A good nickname for Paul...

Paul Williams... The Hardman Crime Journalist.

ldnboy87

"Frog Eyes" - from one of the Limerick dynasties.

Tail Docker

experiMental wrote: »

Some nicknames that spring to mind:

-Slab

-The Bishop

-The General

I'm dead serious!

I never heard of the last one but he sounds menacing in a very explanatory way. That or a bit soft and trying too hard.

Jumboman

Biffo is another good one.

uch

I grew up with a fella called "Farto Cannon", this would've been the coolest Sunday world headliner ever, no matter what way they used it !

Tropheus

Maradonna. Shot dead in Amsterdam a few years back. Played for St. Pat's back in the 90s.

Filmer Paradise

Collie D wrote: »

The Tosser. Best and worst in my opinion.

They're all lovely Tossers.

Mickey H

creolebelle wrote: »

The general was such a good film. I still can't wrap my head around his relationship with his wife and her sister

Garda: So Martin, which sister were you riding last night?
Cahill: Yours!

Zebra3

The Boxer.

Sunglasses Ron

Wobbly Boots.

He sounds like some character off that Wanderly Wagon thing.

cletus van damme wrote: »

the was lad called Jimmy "the smell" although I think that was his real name rather than a nickname

can't find a link though

Nearly certain he was a traveler out Wesht who held the record for either most driving offences or the longest ban off the roads, or maybe both! Think he copped something like a 50 year ban or something?

Think he was more a gobsh'ite than a criminal mastermind.

Boaty

"The Business Man"

DrGreenthumb

Boaty wrote: »

"The Business Man"

and his weapon of choice a filing tool
crime scene charactersics - bodies have paper cuts

Sunglasses Ron

Dan the Dagger Man

from Dagenham.

DEFTLEFTHAND

The NYC Italian Americans in 2014 have cooler names, for eg Vincenzo 'Vinny Gorgeous' Basciano. (guy ran a hair salon in Queens for his front)

Matteo 'Matt the Cat' Lucchese (grandson of Gaetano 'Tommy Brown' who gave his surname to one of the 5 NY crime families)

Giovanni 'John the Zip' Stanfa. (born in Sicily, they're called zips or greasers in the modern American mob)

Carmine 'Sheet Metal' Agnello.

Luke92

The Gerbil

Barrel

Deuce

tayto lover

Frog

Jumboman

I remember reading about a criminal in the sunday world called The Farmer. But I can't remember what he was involved in.