The Roach Guards were an ethnically Irish criminal gang in the Five Points neighborhood of New York City in the early to mid-19th century. The gang was originally formed to protect New York liquor merchants in Five Points and soon began committing robbery and murder.

Feb 2, 2023 · Gangs like the Roach Guards, Bowery Boys, and Dead Rabbits had significant control over Five Points — and some of New York City's most infamous mobsters got their start there.

May 9, 2023 · One such Irish gang was known as the Roach Guards, named for their founder and leader, Ted Roach…They frequently fought in the streets against a rival gang known as the Bowery Boys, made up of native born anti-immigrant New Yorkers. …

The original Dead Rabbits were founded by disgruntled gang members of the Roach Guards, who became the largest Irish crime organization in early 19th-century Manhattan, having well over 100 members when called up for action.

The Dead Rabbits, the Roach Guards, the Whyos, The Five Pointers and eventually the Mafia all called Mulberry Bend home. During the Civil War, the Dead Rabbits, an Irish street gang, headquartered their gang on Mulberry Street, where they committed many depredations during the …

An organized gang of ruffians, residing in and about Mulberry Street, and known as the “Roach Guards,” consisting chiefly of Irishmen, began an affray which ended in the loss of six lives and the wounding of over one hundred men.

Feb 21, 2006 · The Dead Rabbits were a gang in New York City in the 1850s, originally part of the Roache or Roach Guards, organized to honor the name of a Five Points liquor seller. Internal dissension developed, however, and at one of the Roach Guards' stormy meetings someone threw a dead rabbit into the center of the room.

The Roach Guards were an Irish criminal gang in Five Points neighborhood of New York City the early 19th century. The gang was originally formed to protect New York liquor merchants in Five Points and soon began committing robbery and murder.

The Roach Guards were an ethnically Irish gang based in New York City and active from the 1820s to the 1860s. In July 1863, during the build up towards the New York City draft riots, the Roach Guards, the Bowery Boys, the Daybreak Boys gangs, as well as …

Feb 22, 2019 · They were founded by Shang Allen, one of many disgruntled gang members of the Roach Guards, they became the largest Irish crime organization at the time in mid 19th-century Manhattan, having well over 100 members when called up for action.