O'Driscoll Boys

The O'Driscoll Boys was a group of outlaws in the American Old West during 1890–1899. It was also known as The O'Driscoll Brothers because two of its members were brothers. The gang specialized in toturing and train robberies.

The gang formed in the last decade of the 19th century, and all of its members were killed before 1900. None of the members survived into the 20th century, and all met violent deaths in gun battles with lawmen and the Van der Linde Gang.

History
The O'Driscolls have been around for about a decade as of the 1890s, around the early days of the Van der Linde gang. After Dutch van der Linde killed Colm's brother, the two gangs formed a long-standing rivalry. The O'Driscolls managed to attract many young men into their ranks, and thanks to their large quantity of members, covered a lot of territories.

Colm O'Driscoll is said to prefer quantity over quality when it comes to recruitment, so standards to join the gang are very low, as is the leadership's loyalty to their men; as they’re expendable. While most of the gang seems to be American, a significant portion of it is made up of Irish immigrants who have strong accents and common Irish names such as Patrick and Seamus. Indeed, Colm himself appears to be of Irish descent and the gang's color seems to be green, which is often associated with Ireland. The gang is ruthless and has no qualms about murdering innocents, including women and children.

Colm himself is later arrested near Saint Denis, where he is tried and sentenced to death by hanging. His gang hatches a plot to help him escape, and Colm is confident as he takes his place at the gallows. Much to Colm's shock, he realizes his men have been incapacitated. After Colm is hanged, a shootout ensues between the O'Driscolls against the Van der Linde Gang.

The last of the O'Driscolls are eliminated by Sadie Adler and Arthur Morgan by request of the former. The last O'Driscoll left is Tom himself, who is stabbed viciously and killed by Sadie, as he was the one who murdered her husband. This skirmish spells the end for the O'Driscoll Boys, with their leader and members all eliminated.

Influence
Upon creating The O'Driscoll Boys, it might have taken a direct inspiration from the real-life outlaw gang the Dalton Gang. Like the O'Driscoll Boys, which was formed from a family of O'Driscolls, the Dalton Gang was solely based on the Daltons. Back in the days in the 1890s, they were also called 'The Dalton Boys.'

Their glory days came to an end after their robbery of Condon Bank Coffeyville in Kansas went south. Most of the gang members were captured.