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History of the British and Irish Travellers

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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How the Modern Irish State Approached the Irish Travellers

In the fifties and sixties, there were concerted efforts to try to resettle the irish travellers. The ultimate marke of success, according to these programmes, was intermarriage. But as with roma in europe, once again this project was impeded by outside prejudice. You know, the great irony here, as i'll talk about later, is that the iris travellers are irish,. then there's very little connection to the r Roma, and certainly no roma involvement in the creation of the iri...

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