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| “ | Colm doesn't give a damn about his men. All he cares about is numbers. If you can shoot a gun, and ride a horse, and kill without thought, you're in. | „ |
| ~ Dutch van der Linde on the O'Driscoll Boys. |
The O'Driscoll Boys are the secondary antagonists of the 2018 video game Red Dead Redemption II.
They are an Irish-American outlaw gang founded and led by Colm O'Driscoll. They are known for being made up entirely of Irish or Irish Americans and for being one of the largest, if not the largest, gangs in the game, as well as one of the most violent and barbaric. They are the sworn rivals of the Van der Linde gang.
Voice Actors[]
- Andrew Berg - Colm O'Driscoll
- Mac Brydon
- Billy Hepfinger
- Bradley Stryker
- Brent Werzner
- Corey Patrick
- Dónall Ó Héalai
- Hunter Emery
- James Russell
- Mark Deklin
- Olivia Gilliatt
- Peter Haplin
History[]
The O'Driscolls Boys were founded at some point similar to Van der Linde gang, and both gangs would become allies. However, at some point, the relationship between the two gangs would begin to deteriorate, eventually breaking down when Dutch van der Linde killed Colm O'Driscoll's brother, and Colm, although he never cared much, retaliated by killing Dutch's lover, Anabelle. After this, both gangs would form a long rivalry.
The gang committed multiple acts of rape, murder, assault and torture in five states (New Hanover, Ambarino, Lemoyne, West Elizabeth and New Austin). Colm cares little about his men, seeing them more as numbers than people and not even remembering his names, one of the reasons Dutch hates him.
At one point, the O'Driscolls attempt to make a deal with Dutch's gang to end hostilities between them. Dutch agrees and meets with Colm, but it was a setup as they would later kidnap and torture Arthur Morgan, and Colm reveals to Arthur that he plans for Dutch and his gang to rescue him, only for the Pinkertons to ambush and arrest them all. Fortunately, Arthur manages to escape.
At one point, Colm and his gang kidnap and torture Kieran Duffy, a former O'Driscoll who defected to the Van der Linde gang, into revealing the location. Kieran eventually gives in, but Colm hideously murders him, gouges out his eyes, beheads him, and sends his mutilated corpse on horseback to the gang's camp, then orders his men to kill them all. Fortunately, the gang repels the attack and survives.
Not long after, Colm is arrested and sentenced to death for all his crimes in Saint Denis. Colm devises a plan for his lackeys (stationed atop a nearby building and in the crowd) to subvert his punishment and rescue him. Disguised as Saint Denis police, Arthur, Dutch, and a vengeful Sadie Adler kill the O'Driscolls. Sadie and Dutch hold the goons in the crowd at gun-point as the lever is swung and Colm is hung for his crimes.
Shortly after, Sadie recruits Arthur to launch an assault on Hanging Dog Ranch, the hideout for what remained of the tattered gang. The pair infiltrate and massacre the O'Driscolls, with Sadie charging into a house and finding the man who murdered her husband. Sadie wolfishly and primally stabs him to death, bringing the O'Driscoll gang to an unceremonious end.
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Trivia[]
- Despite the O'Driscoll Boys gang being a male-only membered gang, one of the voice actors for the gang members (Olivia Gilliatt), is a woman. This could mean there were at one point female members that were cut early in development. Alternatively, Gilliatt may have voiced the escort who was accompanying the O'Driscolls in the Valentine clinic, who would also attack Arthur if he robs their hideout.
