Red Wall Gang

Red Wall Gang

The Red Wall Gang was a drug dealing/joyriding gang that operated in the Cherry Orchard area of Ballyfermot in west Dublin from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.A. Jamie Saris and Brendan Bartley. "Icon and structural violence in a Dublin 'underclass' housing estate." "Anthropology Today" Vol. 18 (2002), No. 4, p14.] By 1995, the red wall around which they gathered was a major hub in Ireland's illegal drug trade. They are known for the area's 1995 Halloween riots.

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