Traveller families enjoy their own Gathering in Limerick town of Rathkeale

Thank you :) Sláinte

Stick it to the bigots, Traveler, you sure showed them. But you might have mentioned the "settled" irish young people in Australia. They have acquired such a reputation for being obnoxious stupid drunks that they've been kicked out of just about every bar in Sydney.

Oh yes and settled one so you see people who actually have money and methinks there is a jealousy factor. :) If you have to resort to propaganda of a type that used to be written in German than maybe there is some social jealousy. Seems our new Celtic tiger is going strong and seems some of the settled folk can't stand it. Maybe we'll give jobs cleaning trailers.

Really "grand" rebuttals there. Oh and where the settled people in Dublin who backed the Easter rising in great numbers? And as to "a great many travelers causing trouble", the english in London would say the exact same thing about all Irish immigrants whether settled or travelers. And that's 1916 not 19196. Ha the settled were so afraid to stand up to the english it took an American by the name of De Valera. Too many english collaborators among the settled to make a higher judgement call.

Well, Traveler, I have known a lot of Travelers in my time going all the way back to the 1950,s. Truth be told, I have fond memories of a few of them as they were great characters. A great many, however, were not and they caused a lot of trouble and crime. This is what I saw. I am making no judgments. I know better.

YES AND WHERE IS ALL THE MONEY COMING FROM ?? THEY DONT WORK AND YET ALL DRIVE RANGE ROVERS AND LIVE IN BIG HOUSES .. LETS FACE IT ALOT OF THESE ARE THE MODERN DAY DRUG DEALERS OF IRELAND AND THEY MAKE ME SICK....

cultural diversity in full flower... do social studies textbooks over ther tout travellers sufficiently as additions to the richness of the cultural fabric?

As my cousin, the garda, asks when he picks up a traveller for fighting...where was your ones back in 19196...I don't remember seeing any {insert surnamne} in the history books.

I'd like to see the NY Times try to comment about African immigrants in Ireland in the same way. Travelers are just an easier target for bigotry. This article is like nazi propaganda.

This article is a real slap in the face. Just how many travelers does this author actually know? It reads like fascist propaganda of a darker time. The gathering is about families getting together for Christmas and nothing to do with rhino horns or blood feuds. I am very dissapointed that such bigoted propganda was posted by Irish Central and the NY Times.

Pilib: I know South Carolina. What you say is nonsense. Counihan's article is just more ignorant bigotry. Change the word "traveler" to "Nigerian" and hear the howls of protest if he published this article.

This is why people need to be valued for their labor and legal skills versus the amount of money they are able to accumulate.

I believe that the biggest concentration of Travelers in the U.S. is in Murphy Village, South Carolina.

This story brings back memories when working the Alcan Alumina site in the Shannon estuary for the Chicago bridge Co back in early eighties,we used drive through Rathkeale and the Mc Mansions were evident all over the outskirts of this town with motor homes and top of the range jeeps every where,we were led to believe they were legit wheeler/dealer merchants who plied their trade all over the world,but i think most people knew they were scam artists who were just very good at what they were doing.

Some story....