Many Irish Travellers still follow the same rhythm as Manor’s great grandfather, going back on the road mid-March after spending life indoors during winter.

Using DNA analysis of 11,000 people including Travellers, Roma Gypsies, settled Irish, British, Continental Europeans and individuals from the rest of the world, the new study sought to establish ...

And proud to be Travellers," she said. There are about 40,000 Travellers in Ireland, about 0.7 percent of the population. In 2017, the Irish government recognized Traveller as an ethnic minority.

As stated by the Irish Traveller Movement, Travellers are an indigenous minority who, historical sources confirm, have been part of Irish society for centuries. Travellers long shared history, ...

DNA samples from 42 Irish Travellers were compared with that of 143 European Roma, 2,232 settled Irish, 2,039 British, 5,964 European and 931 individuals from the rest of the world for the study.

In his book, Irish Travellers: Tinkers No More — which also comes with a CD of Traveller music recordings — MacWeeny shows us a gritty, intimate portrait of the people he eventually came to ...

To police, the Irish Travellers are clannish, tight-lipped masters of scam. Give them the chance, and they'll resurface your driveway with motor oil. Lower your guard, and their $35 roof repair ...

The Travellers, though, say it isn't that simple. Like Roma migrants and new-age Travellers, Irish Travellers theoretically have the legal right to pursue their semi-nomadic way of life in Britain.

That is one Traveller's take on what he sees as the omission of his community's culture in the Irish school curriculum. But that could soon change after research this week presented a possible ...

North Carolinian youth in Warren County lied on the ground in protest of the placement of a hazardous polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) laced landfill in their Black neighborhood. Screenshot by author.

They have clarified that 10.7% of Irish Travellers in the UK access higher education by the age of 19, and 6.9% of Gypsy or Roma young people.