There is no way he was part Irish being that back in those days you definitely had to be 100% Italian. Plus I was friends with a guy that knew Joe's cousin Dan Gallo (not a mobster). Dan told us Joe's parents were fully Italian and their parents were from the old country. You are thinking of Henry Hill. I think Gallo is a Sicilian name. Joe used to visit L.A. in the early 60's and recruited some guys in LA. In the 1950's Joe lived in San Jose for about a year and was close to Joe Cerrito. They used to go out to eat a lot.