It uses facts and reality to discredit lies and propaganda. People will call us names as well, like Pikey, Dosser, Tinker, Gypo, and Knacker - but we are just humans.. // Regionals Container In the Irish language, we are called An Lucht Siil, meaning the Walking People because of our history of nomadism. It makes us vulnerable, and makes us out to be like villains., Lizzy adds: We are an ethnic group, so its like saying the truth about Jewish crime, Indian crime, Arab crime. } script.type = 'text/javascript'; The "travellers" are of Irish, Scottish, and English origins, and very close-knitted. DES Bishop has been urged to apologise for a shock attack on the Travelling community. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. document.cookie = subscriberCookieName + "=" + JSON.stringify(cookieData) + ';path=/;domain=' + domain + ';max-age='+cookieExpiryInSeconds; Reading about them, they seem to be people of low average IQ, low-conscientiousness, and perhaps can be described as r-strategists, as they tend to die young, with half not living to 40 (often from auto accidents), and have a very high fertility rate, highest in Europe. They marry young as well. console.log('observer.observe failed:', e); the question is: are these travellers more clannish than the rest of the irish were before they (the irish) started to seriously outbreed (whenever that was sometime after the eleventh century but before the mid-twentieth i know, that really narrows it down!)? what a world. At the same time spaces traditionally associated with, and key to, the maintenance of our culture have been placed out of bounds, appropriated for the exclusive service of sedentarist values. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2ol5mam For generations groups of travellers have spent their lives on the move, invading public parks and illegally squatting. The inbreeding coefficient for a first cousin mating is 6.25%, which is considered a mild level of inbreeding. Is it a dialect of Gaelic or English, or is it something far different? My Irish grandma (were American now) once told me about Tinkers. Caitlin says: We are a very private community. subscriptionStartDate: '', The sisters, who live with their mum and four siblings on a caravan site, in St Albans, Herts, also want to address the misconceptions about the traveller lifestyle. For more information, please see our - Wikipedia This was the first systematic attempt by the Irish government to settle Travellers and it began with the ultimate goal of settlement and spatial fixity which has remained the cornerstone of government policy towards Travellers ever since (Crowley 1999). I must admit i used to think they were gypsies whod turned ultra-white through inter-marriage over centuries but seems not. Travellers in Ireland live their daily lives experiencing racism. window.showSubscriberElements = true; }; @g.w. That is discrimination and it needs to end.. if (vars.article.wallType === 'premium') { One of the disorders is Hurler's syndrome which is a rare metabolic condition with an incidence of 1 per 100,000 among the general population. Irish Travellers are prospering in America and "make most of their