Total 13 surnames. “They never participate in public amusements such as athletic sports, football, dances etc. It is used in the UK to refer to Travellers. Ballina(99 year old informant – born a decade after the beginning of the Famine! It is in Irish, and semi-legible), 3. McDonagh Ellen McDonagh, a 36-year-old from Sligo, gives “Traveller” as her occupation.

), [text in Irish but gives Traveller surnames as Béarla, implying that this is the version by which they are known ], He observes: “Na tincéirí a thigeanns chun an cheannntar seo sí an béarla an teanga amháin a labhruigeann [sic] siad. Tinahealy(informant born 1872, aged 81 in 1953), Malone “settled in this country 70 years ago”. The remaining 16 surnames are all one-offs. (9 entries, 3 of them unclear, + 2 references in local newspaper, 1952). Their 7,000-10,000 descendants still speak the secret Traveler language, a … The (O’)Donovans and Joyces are mentioned twice each. Hannify [sic] winter in Ballymahon; name twice mentioned, and spelled this way both times. This informant gives the following definitions: tramps are walking people who beg for alms

Research has been complicated by the fact that the group appears to have no written records of its own. Maughan (Mohan) West. “There are two groups of Reillys.”, Sheridan, Delaney, Doyle, McInerney Less frequent visitors. 2. no indication of why they’re separate from “tinkers”. Copyright © Meath Travellers Workshops 2019 | Website Design by Purple Pod. I know people that are Ward and Sweeney and they are definately not travellers.

Even though my parents and siblings look down on travellers, (I must add in I do not, as we are all human beings and deserved to be treated as equals) do you still think that because of my surname, it is inevitable that I have some traveller blood in me? Travel all South West Donegal from the Rosses to Ballyshannon. Barrett “Taffy” Barrett (who made and sold taffy at fairs) was not properly a tinker at all but the son of landless peasants who married a tinker (her name not given). This surame does not appear to have become established. And someone with traveler ancestors might have a very different surname if the traveller ancestry came via the maternal line which changed upon marriage. Only one of the five entries for the County Westmeath confines itself to that county. Coffey “local” respondent also “knows of” Sheridans “hailing from” Limerick – presumably occasional visitors. This website contains a list of Traveler surnames gleaned from research through parish records. Paddy Keenan, piper, is a foundating member of the Bothy Band in the 1970s and a key figure in the transition of Irish traditional … McDonagh “ Connaught visitors” “rather too numerous for one surname” (suspects that McDonagh is a generic term for Connacht Travellers – though whether self-ascribed not indicated. It used to be said to quarrelsome children, ‘You’re as bad as the Dowds.’”. “have long frequented this district.”. All are more differentiated by TRADES than by geography.

Why isn't Northern Ireland part of the Republic of Ireland today? Co.Kerry (9 entries, 1 of which names no families). O’Brien and Sheridan both Limerick, come to Kerry for fairs. Berry, (O’) Brien and (O’) Connor(s) are listed by all three entries, and Cash by two. Why do some Irish people feel if you are not 75% or more then dont say you are Irish, or of you dont have red hair blue eyes and freckles? MacMurrough ragmen. McCeann [sic] “gipsies”. Margaret: Margaret, as in Margaret Barry was an Irish Traveler, and a renowned banjo player and singer. (Mc) Carthy, mentioned in seven of the eight Tipperary entries, is most widespread in this county.

Delaney is in second place with five mentions; Reilly gets four; Donoghue and Cawley three each, Connors, McInerney and O’Brien two each.
Delaney, McDonagh, Sheridan and Sherlock get two mentions each and the remaining 9 names are all one-offs. Casey, mentioned in all 8 entries, is in first place, with Cart(h)y (7 out of 8) a close second. No, not all people with these names are travellers, although these are very common names within the travelling community. Co.Laois (1 entry, exact location unclear), Hutchinson “specialise in chimney sweeping”, Co.Carlow (1 entry, exact location unclear), [Location in Westmeath unclear; describes “areas in which these families operate” as “Meath, Westmeath, Offaly, Longford, Cavan and up towards the North” without subdividing], * another Westmeath entry also lists “Keena”, so this is probably not a misprint for “Keenan”, a surname not mentioned even once in the 1953 data, (“fierce battles” fought between Nevinses and Joyces at Umma 2 years ago), Joyce one of the 3 “best known clans” “West of the Shannon”.

O’Brien, Coffee West Limerick, North Cork, Newmarket, Quilligan, Reilly, Hourigan, Carty, Gammel Croom is their “domain”, O’Brien Mostly West Limerick, North Kerry, Faulkner Clare. Note that several families are claimed as “local”. notes that Traveller presence in the locality predates the first road (1846) because an old thorn tree at their camping spot on the pre-road route is known as “beggars’ bush”. Says few Traveller families locally; “nothing to poach”! Ten surnames mentioned: Cash and Delaney twice each, the remainder one-offs. intermarried with McDonaghs.

There is so little information for Northern Ireland that I have put it together – and even this is imprecise, as two of the nine entries cover more than one county, including one in Connacht, albeit bordering Ulster . “Most of the older McDonaghs Wards and Dohertys can and do speak Irish among themselves or when so addressed.” It would be interesting to know more about the informant, especially his own familiarity with Irish, as only one other entry makes such a claim and so many others (including the very next entry) specifically note Travellers’ inability to speak this language.

The Sweeney surname originates in Scotland as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic "Mac Suibhne", composed of the elements "mac" meaning son of plus "Suibhne" a personal byname meaning pleasant. Irish baby names evolved over the centuries based on the historical events of the time. While the (Mc)Cart(h)ys are strongly associated with specific places in the county, other families are identified as visitors, including from other counties.

Two of the remaining three “one off” surnames (Kelly and Scott) are not mentioned by any other contributor to the 1953 survey. Fourteen surnames noted, with Ward (six mentions), Maughan (four) and McDonaghs (three) the most widespread, and another two (Mongans and Furey) with two mentions each. the West) “operate”. This informant knew McDonaghs in Leitrim, ca. Visiting from Limerick.

Twenty-four surnames are noted; all but five of them are one-offs, and only McDonagh and Ward get as many as three mentions (Crumlish, Mahon and Stokes get two each). “really family traders”, Carthy, Casey, Faulkner/Fortner [sic] Kilrush, Lawrence From Connaught. of tinkers that frequented the district were the Cartys, of which there were two or three different families.”, Reilly Currently common. Stokes Tinkers. Note that the Ballymoe respondent lists three names followed by “etc.”, and that the Sheridans are classed as “Gypsies” while the Smiths – identified as Protestants – are not. has several branches under the surname Hunter.” (No other entry notes this surname.
“Wards and Maughans fight”, Mannion “keep to much smaller areas than tinkers” – typically 15 mile radius of Tuam. McDonagh is the sole surname noted in this entry. Travellers refer to themselves as Mincéirí or Pavees, or in Irish as an Lucht Siúil ("the walking people").

Total 19 surnames, 14 of which are one-offs. Informant differentiates between “gipsies” and “tinkers” but doesn’t explain how. Much rivalry with Nevinses. But as a rule the strangers move off.”, “These are called tinkers and are regarded as distinct from Gypsies [sic] who are often dealers in horses and make wickerwork articles.” [but no surnames given! The informant who describes the Só-hós as a branch of the Donoghues mentions the Donoghues separately. Sheridan Gypsies. No, it is not inevitable that you have traveller blood just because you have a particular surname. They are not, of course, popular with the people, and the aversion is equally reciprocated by them. Emyvale is on the direct Dublin-N Irl route. 9. (Two entries, only one of which lists surnames. McCarthy “changed by local [sic] people to Carty”; intermarries with Donoghue, Donoghue intermarries with McCarthy/Carty, Carty “several Carty families of uncertain relationship” [note, again, insistence that this surname is internally subdivided], Carty The only Traveller family in the district, Soho Used locally as generic synonym for “tinker”, McInerney Former local king [of Travellers], Ó Tuathaigh [Twohey] “an tsloinne is flúisí orthu” (= the most common surname among them], MacCarthy “the tinkers of Cashel, Fethard and Killenaule are all MacCarthys”, McCarthy “ Cashel City is known as the headquarters of the McCarthy tinkers.

Note that, while two of the three link the Sheridans to Rathkeale, no list was submitted from that town. Are there Pakistani origin Muslim gangs of sex rings in Northern Ireland, as in England? Says few Traveller families locally; “nothing to poach”! p 384 contrasts tinkers who “seldom cause trouble” with “non-tinker tribes” – not named!! 3.

Według Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego Irlandii (CSO) w 2011 liczba osób określających się jako Irish Travellers wynosiła 29 573[1]. Lecal ), 2. Although I have put all the Northern Ireland material together, it is in fact dispersed among the rest of the Ulster material, as shown by the page numbers. Also frequent Limerick and Kerry, McCarthy Insists 2 quite separate families by this name, Whelan “a shady lot” backed by anecdote from “50 years ago, just”, Só-hó A branch of the Donoghues. O’Donoghue chimneysweeps, intermarry with O’Learys. also found in W. Waterford (= bordering with Co. Cork), All 3 intermarried/related, mostly “settled” around this locality. Notes that the surnames O’Rourke, Gallagher and Boyle all suggest dispossession at the time of the Plantation.

Both very well known in this district. Total 20 names. Doherty largest group, with several branches. 1912. They never spoke a word of Irish…”]. The following are all local to the Longford-Westmeath-Offaly-Roscommon area, with Ballinasloe their Western limit: QUOTE: “They are locally called ‘tinkers’. There are 88 different family surnames, many of them very ordinary names in the general community. Various parishes in Co. Tyrone, all informants are farmers of 70+, Stokes regarded as being “the most wicked of any of the tinker tribes”, Dowd “The Dowds were also a feared tribe.

Total 8 surnames. This research was made possible by a generous grant from the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Of the seven surnames noted only one, McC(e)ann, is mentioned in two entries. “about 4 generations back” came from Killoe Co. Longford – evicted. At the time of the 2011 census, there were around 29,500 Irish Travellers in the Irish Republic, making up 0.6% of the population.The community was found to be unevenly distributed across the country, with the highest number living in County Galway and South Dublin. (I know not all travellers are like this, I live near a town highly populated with travellers and some of them are kind-hearted, friendly people).

Irish Travellers are considered to be part of the general Irish population, as indicated by their typically Irish name and surnames. This is the wordlist collected from Mrs. Stokes née Mongans, from Roscommon, passing through Donegal. "Pikey" is a slang term, which is pejorative and is a derogatory term aimed towards Travellers. (nine entries, three of which give no surnames). Second hand information from named informants: Coffee, Harrington, McCarthy, Ford Killarney.