Punks, Goths Mods on Irish TV, 1983
Expressing individuality through identifying with a group. Discussing the youth subcultures of Dublin. Gay Byrne introduces representatives from various Dublin gangs to find out why they identify with specific groups and dress the way they do. Punks, Mods, Rockers, Teds, Greasers, Futuristics, New Romantics, Blitz Kids, Skinheads, Rudie Skinheads, Boot Boys, Hells Angels, Bikers and Ska Boys. The guest are 20 year old Crumlin punk Donnacha McDonagh, 19 year old Drimnagh punk Siobhán Corrigan, 20 year old fashion student John Fiddler from Killiney, and 20 year old mod Gerard Quinn from Fatima Mansions. For Donnacha, Punk is; A rebellion against the old system, the system that we were born into and are supposed to live by but we dont agree with todays system so we rebel against it in our appearance, the way we dress and the way we Donnacha describes on the misperceptions of punks by people who dont understand them. For Siobhán Co
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