Dublin Skinheads 1970 + Ballina Boot Boys 1975!

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Skinheads article by Pat Egan, New Spotlight, 1970. (Photo uncredited, probably Roy Esmonde)
Boot Boys article by John Walsh, from RTE Guide, April 1975

70s / Dublin 2 / Magazines / New Spotlight

Tags: Ballina, skinheads, street style

This Post Has 7 Comments

europhile
17 Apr 2012

I’m pretty sure that the John Walsh who wrote that article for the RTE Guide is the brother of the late Dick Walsh of the Irish Times.
1. dubdoug
  18 Apr 2012
  
  more connections. I hope someone’s writing all this down! thanks europhile.
Brian
17 Apr 2012

The Skinheads and Bootboys are inside the Bank of Ireland now!
gerry molyneaux 50yr old skinhead
13 May 2012

there was a feature on skinheads in hibernia magazine from arounf 1973,used to be a copy of it in the old antique bookshop in georges arcade
1. dubdoug
  15 May 2012
  
  cheers Gerry. Must pay it a visit so.
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paul brindley
26 Jul 2015

I wonder what happened to these guys,are they all still alive,or have one or two of them gone to Bootboy heaven.