Ireland. Cieran hasn't been in America long. He was born and raised in Dublin, though he did spend the last two years in Boston before moving to Prospect.
Crime. His family is a big deal when it comes to organized crime. Like many Irish mobs, the Kearneys started as members of the IRA. As the decades passed, however, they moved more and more into crime, until that was all they were about. They have huge influence in the UK, along with several cities in the United States and across the border.