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As a civil jury finds MMA legend guilty of raping woman… the troubling ties between Conor McGregor and Ireland’s most feared crime family (who have made themselves at home in HIS Dublin boozer) The Black Forge Inn in the heart of Dublin’s Drimnagh neighbourhood has acquired a certain notoriety, for at least two reasons.
One is that some of the city’s most prominent gangland figures patronise the establishment, including members of the Kinahan syndicate.
The Kinahans, for anyone who is unaware of their reputation, are the Irish equivalent of the Italian mafia or the Mexican cartels. The crime drama Kin, now streaming on Netflix, is said to be loosely based on The other reason? The Black Forge is owned by world-famous mixed martial arts fighter, and local legend, Conor McGregor.
Highlights of his greatest moments in the Octagon – the fenced-in, eight-sided mat on which his bouts are contested – play on a loop in the bar.
‘The Notorious’ is McGregor’s self-styled nickname and is displayed on the side of his £280,000 Rolls-Royce Ghost that is sometimes seen cruising the streets of Drimnagh and adjoining Crumlin, in the Dublin 12 postcode.
This is the area where the 36-year-old spent his formative years and why he chose to open a pub here, on the city’s Southside.
Dublin 12 is also the district synonymous with the Kinahans, who were once embroiled in a bloody turf war with a rival gang resulting in up to 20 murders and many more beatings, stabbings, shootings and bomb attacks.
McGregor knew some of the people doing the killing. He grew up with them. them.
Conor McGregor pictured with believed Kinahan cartel member Nathan Foley
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