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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.

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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.

DLMA23

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

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.

Some of the biker nicknames are wonderfully self explanatory

I knew a Scottish biker back in the day called Filthy Frank McGoo

DEFTLEFTHAND

One of the most famous nicks I suppose was Salvatore Lucky Luciano. I visited his Mausoleum in St Johns NY, he's part of the dead celeb tour. His birth surname Lucania is over the door, apparently he renamed himself Luciano because his father disowned him for being involved with the Mafia.

Tail Docker

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

One of the most famous nicks I suppose was Salvatore Lucky Luciano. I visited his Mausoleum in St Johns NY, he's part of the dead celeb tour. His birth surname Lucania is over the door, apparently he renamed himself Luciano because his father disowned him for being involved with the Mafia.

He also has a lookalike right here on Boards. Spitting image.

callaway92

"Rashers"

Export

There's an emerging criminal I read about last week called Baby Face. He wields a hammer and a machine gun apparently.

GrumpyMe

Primate of All Ireland?

Ralf and Florian

There was a fella from Sligo called The Smell.Surely a contender for least flattering criminal nickname ever.

creolebelle

The other fella wrote: »

he was banging them both.

I know. I just don't why the wife and sister put up with it. He must have been incredibly alluring

DS86

Fianna Fail. Unfortunately it became a legitamised political party within time though.

Esel

GrumpyMe wrote: »

Primate of All Ireland?

Yeah, hard no to be called a knuckle-dragger with that moniker... One has to be a silverback to be eligible though.

De brudder.
Johnny.
De da.
Yer man.
Billy.
Yore ma.
Lenny.
De udder fella.
Jary.
Him.
Her.
Them.
Knuckles.
Flatnose.
Three Fingers.
Cartoonhead.
De Boss.
CJ.
PJ.
Pee.
Dat Kunt (over dere).
Sister (not every).
Mother Superior (").
Father (")
Brother (")
Bishop (") and above.
We.
Us.
You.
Me.
Him.
Her.
Them.
Mouse.
Ratty.
Mole.
The Pig.
Ronald (McD).
Richard (de turd).
Eamon.
* Dog.

And all the rest of all the above.