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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.

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

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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