The travelers are like Gypsys but they are not Romany. They are Irish and have been for many centuries. Paddy Keenan is, indeed, of their number. I knew Paddy and his family when I lived in Bray, back in the late 60s. Finbar and Eddie Fury were from a Traveling family. I knew them and their father, Ted. We all used to hang at O'Doneghue's on Merion Row. The Keenans lived in an encampment just north of Dublin, out toward the airport. I know that the Traveling people have an unsavory reputation but, like most generalizations, this should be taken cum grano salis.