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[[File:Mcsorley.jpg|thumb|300px|The Saloon was the inevitable Irish hangout. John Sloan pained "McSorley's Bar" in 1912--the tavern is still in operation in Manhattan.]]

[[File:Mcsorley.jpg|thumb|300px|The Saloon was the inevitable Irish hangout. John Sloan pained "McSorley's Bar" in 1912--the tavern is still in operation in Manhattan.]]

===Crime and Police===

===Crime and Police===

The Irish Catholics formed gangs that used violence to control neighborhoods and work places (so that only gang members could get jobs).  Combined with high rates of drunkenness and disorder, he gangs meant the Irish crime rate was very high.

The Irish Catholics formed gangs that used violence to control neighborhoods and work places (so that only gang members could get jobs).  Combined with high rates of drunkenness and disorder, the gangs meant the Irish crime rate was very high.

The most famous violent gang was the [[Molly Maguires]] who terrorized the coal mining camps of Pennsylvania until broken up by hanging 18 leaders in 1877.

The most famous violent gang was the [[Molly Maguires]] who terrorized the coal mining camps of Pennsylvania until broken up by hanging 18 leaders in 1877.