In 1967 Fr Walter Forde, an activist in the field of youth welfare work, noted‘signs of unrest’ amongst Irish youths growing up in the sixties.1 He identifiedthe ways in which they were ‘being influenced by English teenage culture’:First fashions in clothes and hair-styles increasingly follow the English trends. Theamount of money spent by them on records, dances and clothes is a new feature in Irishlife. Drinking among them too is becoming more common … Second, the recentpopularity of beat clubs in Dublin (where all eleven were opened in the last eighteenmonths) shows their desire to have a recreation of their own.
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机译：1967年，青年福利工作领域的活动家沃尔特·佛德神父（Fr Walter Forde）注意到60年代成长的爱尔兰年轻人中的``动乱迹象''.1他确定了他们``受到英国青少年文化的影响''的方式：在服装和发型方面，越来越多地遵循英语潮流。他们花在唱片，舞蹈和衣服上的钱是爱尔兰人生活的新特征。在他们中间喝酒也变得越来越普遍……其次，都柏林节拍俱乐部（在过去的18个月中所有11个俱乐部都开业了）最近受到欢迎，这表明他们渴望拥有自己的娱乐场所。
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