the irish have taken such a beating in terms of losing thier rackets for a while now, probably due just as much to cultural assimilation as other ethnic groups pushing them out. thats why this topic is so interesting to me because from what i gather philly still has many predominatly irish neihborhoods. look at hell hitchen in new york, with the loss of the irish majority, the rackets soon followed, not to mention the nutjobs that were in charge of them seems like boston is the last place with any form of organization left with the remnants of the winter hil gang. also the west end gang in montreal still dabbles from what i gather. anybody have any idea of anything irish going on in or near chicago?