Irish Travellers Research Articles

Type II hyperprolinaemia in a pedigree of Irish travellers (nomads).

We describe a study of 312 subjects in 71 families near related to a proband with type II hyperprolinaemia. The subjects were Irish travellers (nomads) among whom consanguineous marriage and high fertility are common. Thirteen additional cases of type II hyperprolinaemia were discovered; all were offspring of consanguineous unions. A further 50 subjects were found to have mild hyperprolinaemia. We found a strong association between type II hyperprolinaemia and seizures during childhood but no significant association with mental handicap. Most adults with type II hyperprolinaemia enjoyed normal health and there was no evidence that maternal hyperprolinaemia compromised fetal development. The documented association between type II hyperprolinaemia and seizures may be related to the neuromodulatory or reducing-oxidising effects of proline and pyrroline-5-carboxylate, respectively, that has been shown in vitro. Alternatively, another genetic defect closely linked to the type II hyperprolinaemia allele could be the explanation.

Puck of the Droms: The Lives and Literature of the Irish Tinkers

Puck of the Droms: The Lives and Literature of the Irish Tinkers

Nan: The Life of an Irish Travelling Woman.

Nan: The Life of an Irish Travelling Woman.

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:Puck of the Droms: The Lives and Literature of the Irish Tinkers. ARTELIA COURT.Donegal's Changing Traditions: An Ethnographic Study. EUGENIA SHANKLIN.

Puck of the Droms: The Lives and Literature of the Irish Tinkers

Puck of the Droms: The Lives and Literature of the Irish Tinkers

Puck of the Droms: The Lives and Literature of the Irish Tinkers.

Puck of the Droms: The Lives and Literature of the Irish Tinkers.

: The Irish Tinkers: The Urbanization of an Itinerant People . George Gmelch.

: The Irish Tinkers: The Urbanization of an Itinerant People . George Gmelch.

Educational Policy and Language Use Among English Romanies and Irish Travellers (Tinkers) in England and Wales

Article Educational Policy and Language Use Among English Romanies and Irish Travellers (Tinkers) in England and Wales was published on January 1, 1979 in the journal International Journal of the Sociology of Language (volume 1979, issue 19).

The Irish Tinkers: The Urbanization of an Itinerant People

The Irish Tinkers: The Urbanization of an Itinerant People

Population shift and settlement patterns of Irish Travellers∗

Rural to urban migration in the period 1960–1976 has resulted in a conspicuous distributional shift of Irish Travellers, most of whom now reside along the periphery of major cities. The most striking feature of re‐distribution has been the massive convergence of families on Co. Dublin. Urbanization has promoted the transition from nomadism to sedentarization, a process ordinarily facilitated by settlement committees. Most counties have settled 40 to 60% of their Itinerants. Yet the overall pattern of distribution remains highly irregular, owing largely to the disparity in settlement strategies employed by the different counties. Sedentarization is best achieved by the sequential transition from unauthorized roadside encampments to chalets or standard housing. Graduation from one stage to the next represents a shift in both spatial and social locus. Though approximately one‐third of all Travellers have been permanently settled, most still occupy transitional stages ranging from semi‐nomadism to quasi‐sedentarization. An estimated 300 families remain highly transient and resistant to settled life in any form. Their peregrinations can best be accommodated by the provision of ‘halts'; however, this concept has been vigorously eschewed by most counties.

IRISH TINKERS: AN ITINERANT POPULATION IN TRANSITION∗

ABSTRACT Irish Tinkers are an itinerant or “gypsy'’population. They form a distinctive subculture within Irish society. Over the past three decades their traditional economic and social niche in rural Ireland has been eroded by modernization and industrialization. In response, they have migrated cityward. Economic adaptation to the urban milieu has demanded development of new trades and intensification of former supplemental pursuits. It also has initiated the transition from nomadism to sedentarization. Nearly half the Tinker population have been removed from the road and settled in tigins or standard housing. Acculturation is progressing, but social assimilation has been impeded by prejudicial attitudes exhibited by the sedentary community.

The Irish Tinkers: The Urbanization of an Itinerant People

The Irish Tinkers: The Urbanization of an Itinerant People

Economic strategies and migrant adaptation: The case of Irish Tinkers

(1977). Economic strategies and migrant adaptation: The case of Irish Tinkers. Ethnos: Vol. 42, No. 1-2, pp. 22-37.

The Emergence of an Ethnic Group: The Irish Tinkers

Description des forces economiques et sociales a l'interieur de la societe irlandaise qui ont conduit a la croissance d'une population itinerante, connue sous le nom de Peuple voyageur, voyageurs ou chaudronnier ambulant. Causes de ce nomadisme: non-emploi, famines, etc. En deuxieme partie: comment l'irlandais itinerant a-t-il developpe une identite ethnique: les Chaudronniers ambulants: vie nomade, isolement physique et social| contact, mariage et identification avec d'autres nomades.

Human biology of the Irish tinkers: demography, ethnohistory, and genetics.

(1974). Human biology of the Irish Tinkers: Demography, ethnohistory, and genetics. Social Biology: Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 321-331.

Irish Tinkers or "Travellers"

Irish Tinkers or "Travellers"

Additional Notes on the Irish Tinkers and Their Language

Additional Notes on the Irish Tinkers and Their Language