Conversely, the movie “The Irishman” isn’t even about the Irish mob, but about a single Irishman who works for the Mafia.
Perhaps the two most celebrated gangster movies of all time, “Goodfellas” and “The Godfather,” prominently feature Irish-American characters despite centering on the Mafia. Movies have always had an odd relationship with the Irish-American gangster. “They’re gangsters, ma, criminals,” she said. She was a little hard of hearing and my mother, somewhat annoyed, eventually clarified what I was talking about. Sometimes I’d try to bridge the gap by bringing up things related to Ireland, and shortly after seeing a certain movie listed below, I tried to describe “the Danny Boy scene” to her. When I was a kid, I always struggled to make conversation with my grandmother, who was from County Meath, Ireland.
