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Includes content from Vanishing Ireland, Easter Dawn, Dublin Docklands, The Irish Pub, Maxol and many more, as well as Waterways Ireland, the Past Tracks project and hundreds of historical articles on Irish families, houses, companies and events.

Al Capone’s Irish Connections

Al Capone’s beautiful wife Mae was the daughter of Irish emigrants. Al learned his craft fighting against Irish‑American dock and street gangs in Brooklyn before moving to Chicago. This story traces the surprisingly dense Irish threads running through Capone’s early life and legend.