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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
Brand New Retro 
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.
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more connections. I hope someone’s writing all this down! thanks europhile.
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The Skinheads and Bootboys are inside the Bank of Ireland now!
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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
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cheers Gerry. Must pay it a visit so.
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I wonder what happened to these guys,are they all still alive,or have one or two of them gone to Bootboy heaven.
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