Irish Travellers
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Irish Travellers, also known as Mincéirs or Pavees, are a traditionally peripatetic indigenous ethno-cultural group originating in Ireland.
Irish Travellers in 1954
Travellers near the Four Masters monument in Donegal Town, 1958
Irish Travellers in 1930
The Traveller Ethnicity pin was created to celebrate the Irish State's formal acknowledgment in March 2017 of Travellers as a distinct ethnic group in Irish society.
Romani people
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The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani, colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group who traditionally led a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle. Linguistic and genetic evidence suggest
Irish Travellers
…intricate embroidery and beadwork. Despite sometimes being incorrectly referred to as "Gypsies", Irish Travellers are not genetically related to the Romani people, who are of Indo-Aryan origin. Genetic analysis has shown Irish Travellers to be of Irish descent, and that they likely diverged from the settled Irish…
Two Gypsies by Francisco Iturrino
Kàlo Romani women in Helsinki, Finland, 1930s
Jean-Baptiste Debret: Interior of a gipsy's house in Brazil (c. 1820)
Gypsies camping. Kalé Roma near Swansea in Wales, 1953