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I'd never heard of John Houlihan until I met his shitbag rat nephew in shirley, but he was a serious Charlestown Irish mobster/drug dealer/killer whose now doing life in the feds. His top partner was a guy named Mike Fitzgerald, theyr enforcer was Joe Nardone. All 3 are in Allenwood, Fitz and Nardone in the USP and Houlihan in the medical facility. The convictions were based on investigations mainly into theyr coke distribution network and crimes related to it, but older Charlestown/Somerville guys have said Houlihan and Fitzgerald were heavy hitters, doing a ton of hits back in the day.