The Irish Tinkers: The Urbanization of an Itinerant People |
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Elderly Traveller men and a barreltop wagon | 9 |
A tinsmith at work | 15 |
A typical rural scene | 27 |
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adaptation alms Ballyfermot become beggar begging behavior boys Brien CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ caravans cash clothing coping County CRUZ The University dole drinking Driscoll Dublin Corporation Dublin County Council economic environment factors farm farmers fieldwork Gmelch gossip Gypsies Holylands Holylands family horses husband important income increase individuals Ireland Irish Tinkers Irish Travellers Itinerant Settlement itinerants kin groups kinsmen labor Langan living MacGreine marriage married McDonagh Michael Driscoll Mick migration move Mullingar nearby neighbors nomadic number of Travellers parents patrilocal residence patterns percent Photo by author Plate police population pounds problems provincial towns public housing relatives residents response road roadside camps rural scavenging scrap metal settled community settled Irish settled society Settlement Movement Shelta shifting subsistence tent tinsmithing traditional trailers Traveller families Traveller women Travellin Tuam University Library UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA urban areas urban camps wagons welfare woman