Also active in charitable causes and politics, they founded the Claddagh Fund to supports community-based non-profits and have essentially become regional heroes in their hometown. In subsequent years, the band's audience increased significantly with albums like 2011's Going Out in Style and 2017's 11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory consistently charting in the Top Ten. With songs about working-class troubles, street-tough solidarity, and the joys to be found at the bottom of a bottle, the Murphys won over both traditional punk fans and mainstream revelers, particularly after their song "Shipping Off to Boston'' was featured in Martin Scorsese's 2006 Oscar-winning film The Departed. The group formed in the late 1990s as a fiery, though relatively straightforward punk outfit, but through the years began incorporating traditional Irish folk instrumentation and melody into their unruly sound. Taking their musical cues from British Oi!, American hardcore, and traditional Irish music, Boston's Dropkick Murphys have built a reputation as one of America's most celebrated Celtic punk outfits.
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