""people of traveller heritage" "
Sorry - this is a nonsense
Jeannie Robertson, The Stewarts, Duncan Williamson and dozens and dozens of others who have long enriched out lives have been known as Travellers, though most of them were settled for decades.
Now, at the behest of a few bigots, we have to re-write their history and re-title them - cloud cuckoo land is right.
Travellers do not "self-identify" - they have been referred to as such for many centuries - that is how they are designated by society in general
Irish Travellers have been DNA identified as having been around since the Bronze age - many families have travelled their areas centuries longer than the settled occupants have lived there.
As I said, according to researchers such as Lucy Duran, there are indications that the case is the same with all Travellers
Travllers have lived as they ahve for centuries - not a matter of choice, that is the heritage into which they were born.
For crying out Ake (and your new friend) - this really is getting creepy!
Incidentally - when we moved here 18 years ago or nearest city (Limerick) was known as "Stab City" due to the behaviour of a few bad families - for for thought for those who need feeding
Jim Carroll (Ex Liverpudlian chuckle - chuckle)