Irish gangs have rarely received the prestige television treatment on the global stage. While Irish audiences have embraced gritty homegrown dramas such as Love/Hate and Kin, it's the Italian Mafia that has traditionally dominated the genre through classics like The Godfather, Goodfellas and The Sopranos.
Even Britain's Peaky Blinders has elevated the Birmingham gang into pop-culture folklore, spawning everything from flat-cap fashion to Halloween costumes.
