Limericks death toll

After six months of peace in the city and a radical decrease in gun crime, the violent gangland feud erupted in bloodshed again at the weekend. The Dundon-McCarthy gang is understood to have been behind the latest atrocity which has left the city reeling. The Dundon-McCarthy gang, based in the Ballinacurra Weston area of the city, is regarded as one of the country's most dangerous criminal gangs and has been to the forefront of crime in the region since family members returned from England in 2000. The long-running feud is over a battle for control of the lucrative drugs trade between the Dundon-McCarthy outfit who are allied to the Ryans, against their rivals from St Mary's Park, the Keane and Collopy gangs.
Death toll - November 12, 2000 -- Kieran Keane shoots Eddie Ryan (40) dead in the Moose Bar after Ryan attempted to shoot Keane. - November 29, 2002 -- Nightclub security manager, Brian Fitzgerald (34) shot dead by James Martin Cahill. Gary Campion also convicted of his murder. - January 29, 2003 -- Kieran Keane (36) shot dead in Drombanna by five members of the Dundon-McCarthy gang. His nephew Owen Tracy was stabbed 17 times. - July 7, 2003 -- John Ryan (47) shot dead by a pillion passenger on a motorbike while laying a patio in Thomondgate. - October 20, 2003 -- The body of Michael Campbell-McNamara (26) is found in a field in Southill. He was bound, shot and stabbed in the back. - May 10, 2006 -- Aidan Kelly (19) shot dead in Blackwater, Ardnacrusha. - September 17, 2006 -- 'Fat' Frankie Ryan (21) shot dead in Delmege Park, Moyross. - December 18, 2006 -- Noel Crawford (40) shot dead outside family home. Gardai believe it was a case of mistaken identity as the gunman's intended target was his brother Paul, a member of the Dundon-McCarthy gang.
- April 23, 2006 -- Richard 'Happy' Kelly (17) murdered and his body was found dumped in Lough Bridget, Co Clare. - April 26, 2007 -- Noel Campion (35) ambushed and shot dead in Thomondgate. - April, 5, 2008 -- Mark Moloney (40) shot dead in drive-by shooting in Garryowen. - April 7, 2008 -- James Cronin (20) shot dead and buried in shallow grave by his associates in the Dundon-McCarthy gang.
- November 9, 2008 -- Shane Geoghegan (28) murdered by the Dundon-McCarthy gang who mistook him for a member of the rival Collopy gang.