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3 unusual facts about Alexander Robinson


Alexander Robinson

In an interview with the north Belfast playwright Martin Lynch in the 1980s, Robinson claimed he worked for Al Capone and Joseph Kennedy.

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Writer Sam McAughtry recalled a banner reading "Welcome Home Buck Alec" being raised above York Street in the city.

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In his book Formations of Violence, Allen Feldman argues that Robinson was seen as a "hard man" who believed in a fair fight, rather than a common thug.



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