Irish Travellers
Irish Travellers (Irish: an lucht siúil, meaning "the walking people"), also known as Pavees or Mincéirs (Shelta: Mincéirí) are a nomadic indigenous ethnic group whose members maintain a set of traditions, and are one of several groups identified as "Travellers". They are predominantly English-speaking, though many also speak Shelta, a language of mixed English, Irish and Romani origin. Religiously, the majority of Irish Travellers are Catholic, the predominant religion in the Republic of Ireland. Although they are often referred to as "Gypsies", Irish Travellers are not genetically related to the Romani. Genetic analysis has shown Travellers to be of Irish …
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ESRI: Economic and Social Research Institute · 23 April 2024 English
The overall recovery in the labour market post pandemic has been extraordinary given the nature and extent of the shock, likely due in part to the package of financial measures. …
outcomes of ethnic minority groups, including Irish Travellers and Roma; gender identity and sexual orientation … of COVID-19 on ethnic minorities, including Irish Travellers, though we know from Census data that employment …
Centre for Ageing Better · 14 March 2024 English
The aim of this Technical Report is to assist people in both referring to and using the data in the State of Ageing for their own purposes. [...] Acknowledgements We …
ethnic groups (e.g. the health of Gypsies and Irish Travellers) we have reported these in the bullet points …
ARK · 12 December 2023 English
The contents of the report are the responsibility of the authors, generously assisted by the Advisory Group led by Professor Adrian Guelke, and do not necessarily reflect the views of …
and 77 per cent was used on 18-44 year olds. Irish Travellers were disproportionally subject to use of these …
CASE: Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion · 4 December 2023 English
2.1 Data exclusion and systematic gaps in data and evidence on the lives, experiences and needs of people from the Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities ‘Data exclusion’ is the phenomenon …
Travellers (an indigenous specific group); Irish Travellers (with specific Irish roots); Roma people (who … Traveller Movement’s (2020) sample of 44 young Irish Travellers aged between 15 and 25 dropped out of education …
Centre for Ageing Better · 17 November 2023
The aim of this Technical Report is to assist people in both referring to and using the data in the State of Ageing for their own purposes. [...] Acknowledgements We …
ethnic groups (e.g. the health of Gypsies and Irish Travellers) we have reported these in the bullet points …
WEF: World Economic Forum · 6 October 2023 English
Building Sustainable and Resilient Health Systems: Key Findings 13 The Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience DOMAIN 4 Medicines and technology Overview Medicines and technologies are central to the …
home to a small indigenous minority group of Irish Travellers. This marginalised group, which are less than …
UK Covid-19 Inquiry · 13 September 2023 English
17 the Inquiry's understanding of the impact of the 18 My Lady, you also have the power to compel the 18 pandemic and the response, and of the lessons to …
Romany people, 5 barriers and mistrust. 6 also Irish Travellers, who have specific Irish roots, 6 These significant …
UK Covid-19 Inquiry · 16 June 2023 English
21 access to healthcare because of our National Health 21 The World Health Organisation in 2005 set up the 22 Service, by and large, the majority of the inequalities 22 …
BLACKWELL: Right. 5 ethnic groups [but] Gypsy and Irish Travellers have the 6 PROFESSOR BAMBRA: Obviously it's …
EESC: European Economic and Social Committee · 2 June 2023 German
Die Gespräche finden nach der „Chatham-House-Regel“ statt, das heißt, dass die GGR die erhaltenen Informationen nutzt, im Bericht über den Länderbesuch, der aus den Gesprächen hervorgeht, jedoch weder die Identität …
Die Teilnehmer begrüßen die Anerkennung der Irish Travellers als ethnische Gruppe, die legislativen Entwicklungen …
ODI: Overseas Development Institute · 24 May 2023 English
The country experienced further major episodes of emigration during the 1950s and 1980s, with the outflows of the 1950s particularly significant as 15% of the population left (Glynn et al., …
population is also notably less accepting of Irish Travellers, with 29% feeling ‘cold’ towards this group …
