That was the problem with the show. There hasn't been a "crew of young Irish guys" in Hell's Kitchen in over twenty years. The area is now called Clinton, and it is among the most gentrified neighborhoods in Manhattan.

They should have set the show in the late '70s or early '80s and made it a period piece. The Irish gangs (like the Westies) are certainly an interesting topic, but to set in in the present day was just far too unrealistic.