Irish Travellers
People, Traditions, & Language
Irish Travellers, also called Pavees, Mincéirs, or An Lucht Siúil (Irish: “The Walking People”), a traditionally nomadic ethnic minority indigenous to Ireland. Irish Travellers live in Ireland and throughout Great Britain, with smaller communities in Canada and the United States. They have lived as a distinct ethnic group with their own culture, language, and values, distinguished from settled Irish communities, for centuries.
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