There were many other incidents around Sheriff Street too - shootings and stabbings. It’s impossible to discuss Darklands without referencing the gangland drama Love/Hate which aired on RTE for five seasons. Aside from the obvious crime drama comparison (although they’re in fact very different), there are other connections. He had just killed Nidge so it was going to look like Patrick the pipe-bomb maker.” So, he returned to his original idea of The Sheriff Street Feuds. Darklands is set in Bray rather than Sheriff Street, perhaps to escape those lazy comparisons to Carolan’s series.

Source: Irish Independent October 13, 2019 07:30 UTC