History of the British and Irish Travellers
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Travellers and Irish Boxers in Modern Ireland
There is an extreme importance among avellers of gatherings which affirm the relationships and maintain the relationships among travellers themselves. If there are disputes among travellers that cannot be resolved, they often engage in sort of formalized physical fights. And this emphasis on physical fighting creates a pathway for many travellers into the world of boxing. There have been successful boxers both from the irish traveller community and also from the gipsy traveller community in britain. So these are some of the sort of continuing patterns that we can see as through lines in irish traveller life. But as for how they function and how they are perceived in modern ireland? Well, in victorian and modern times, elites
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