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Irish Travellers are an itinerant people of Irish origin living in Ireland, Great Britain and in the United States. It is estimated that 25,000 Travellers live in Ireland, between 20,000 and 30,000 in Great Britain and 7,000 in the United States.
They refer to themselves as "Pavees". In Irish, Travellers are called an Lucht si?il (literally "the people of walking"). Many non-Pavee people (or "Buffers", sometimes "Rooters" still use the terms Knackers, Gypsies, Pikeys, Diddies or Tinkers.
In Britain, Irish Travellers are recognised as an ethnic group. But they suffer a lot from discrimination and have to fight against regular evictions attempts.
I have spent the last 8 years documenting life on different sites in the UK, mainly in London and at the famous Appleby horse fair where most of them gather each year in June. More recently, I have been documenting life on Dale Farm (Essex), the UK's largest Irish Travellers' site. About 90 families who bought their land are facing an imminent eviction from Basildon Council.

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  • Irish Travellers living on the Cow Roast illegal Irish Travellers site, near Tring (Hertfordshire), a few days before the 20 Irish Travellers families were evicted in July 2003.
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  • Irish Travellers girl holding her brother in Dale Farm, the largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm was under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families were facing the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which would force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks. The site was eventually violently evicted in October 2011.
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  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
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  • Irish Travellers living on the South Bermondsey Council-owned Travellers' site, London. These pictures were taken between 2002 and 2005.
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  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
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  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
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  • The Appleby horse fair is the largest Gypsy and Travellers horse fair in the UK. Tens of thousand of Travellers come from all over the UK and Ireland every year to trade horses and meet up with friends and family in Appleby on the first weekend of June
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  • Irish Travellers living on the South Bermondsey Council-owned Travellers' site, London. These pictures were taken between 2002 and 2005.
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  • The Appleby horse fair is the largest Gypsy and Travellers horse fair in the UK. Tens of thousand of Travellers come from all over the UK and Ireland every year to trade horses and meet up with friends and family in Appleby on the first weekend of June
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  • Irish Travellers living on the South Bermondsey Council-owned Travellers' site, London. These pictures were taken between 2002 and 2005.
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  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
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  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
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  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
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  • Irish Travellers living on the South Bermondsey Council-owned Travellers' site, London. These pictures were taken between 2002 and 2005.
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  • Irish Travellers living under the Westway in West London. Some families have been living on this Council-owned site for more than 30 years
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  • Irish Travellers living on the South Bermondsey Council-owned Travellers' site, London. These pictures were taken between 2002 and 2005.
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  • Irish Travellers living on the South Bermondsey Council-owned Travellers' site, London. These pictures were taken between 2002 and 2005.
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  • 7th of September 2010, Travellers' eviction by bailiffs company Constant & Co, in Hovefields, Basildon, Essex. 7 Irish Travellers families were evicted from their own lands.
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  • Irish Travellers living on the Cow Roast illegal Irish Travellers site, near Tring (Hertfordshire), a few days before the 20 Irish Travellers families were evicted in July 2003.
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  • Gypsy boy at the Appleby Horse Fair. The Appleby horse fair is the largest Gypsy and Travellers horse fair in the UK. Tens of thousand of Travellers come from all over the UK and Ireland every year to trade horses and meet up with friends and family in Appleby on the first weekend of June.
    Gypsies&Travellers-2.jpg
  • Irish Travellers living on the Cow Roast illegal Irish Travellers site, near Tring (Hertfordshire), a few days before the 20 Irish Travellers families were evicted in July 2003.
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  • Irish Travellers living on the South Bermondsey Council-owned Travellers' site, London. These pictures were taken between 2002 and 2005.
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  • Irish Travellers living under the Westway in West London. Some families have been living on this Council-owned site for more than 30 years
    12_ITWestway_April2011_1284.jpg
  • The Appleby horse fair is the largest Gypsy and Travellers horse fair in the UK. Tens of thousand of Travellers come from all over the UK and Ireland every year to trade horses and meet up with friends and family in Appleby on the first weekend of June
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  • Hackney and Newham Travellers sites in Waterden Crescent and Clays Lane in 2006. Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers were forced off established Traveller sites for ’two weeks of sport‘ - the 2012 London Olympics -
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  • Irish Travellers living on the South Bermondsey Council-owned Travellers' site, London. These pictures were taken between 2002 and 2005.
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  • Irish Travellers living on the South Bermondsey Council-owned Travellers' site, London. These pictures were taken between 2002 and 2005.
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  • Hackney and Newham Travellers sites in Waterden Crescent and Clays Lane in 2006. Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers were forced off established Traveller sites for ’two weeks of sport‘ - the 2012 London Olympics -
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  • Hackney and Newham Travellers sites in Waterden Crescent and Clays Lane in 2006. Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers were forced off established Traveller sites for ’two weeks of sport‘ - the 2012 London Olympics -
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  • Hackney and Newham Travellers sites in Waterden Crescent and Clays Lane in 2006. Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers were forced off established Traveller sites for ’two weeks of sport‘ - the 2012 London Olympics -
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  • Gypsy family at the Appleby Horse Fair. The Appleby horse fair is the largest Gypsy and Travellers horse fair in the UK. Tens of thousand of Travellers come from all over the UK and Ireland every year to trade horses and meet up with friends and family in Appleby on the first weekend of June.
    Gypsies&Travellers-3.jpg
  • The Appleby horse fair is the largest Gypsy and Travellers horse fair in the UK. Tens of thousand of Travellers come from all over the UK and Ireland every year to trade horses and meet up with friends and family in Appleby on the first weekend of June
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  • In Barnet, North London, Irish Travellers and Gypsies from all over the UK gathered at the Barnet horse fair to sell and buy horses. It's also the occasion to see relatives and friends. There are also numerous stalls and stands.
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  • The Appleby horse fair is the largest Gypsy and Travellers horse fair in the UK. Tens of thousand of Travellers come from all over the UK and Ireland every year to trade horses and meet up with friends and family in Appleby on the first weekend of June
    Appleby177.jpg
  • The Appleby horse fair is the largest Gypsy and Travellers horse fair in the UK. Tens of thousand of Travellers come from all over the UK and Ireland every year to trade horses and meet up with friends and family in Appleby on the first weekend of June
    Appleby257.jpg
  • Irish Travellers living under the Westway in West London. Some families have been living on this Council-owned site for more than 30 years
    21_ITWestway_April2011_1304.jpg
  • Irish Travellers living on the South Bermondsey Council-owned Travellers' site, London. These pictures were taken between 2002 and 2005.
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  • 7th of September 2010, Travellers' eviction by bailiffs company Constant & Co, in Hovefields, Basildon, Essex. 7 Irish Travellers families were evicted from their own lands.
    BasildonEviction001.jpg
  • 7th of September 2010, Travellers' eviction by bailiffs company Constant & Co, in Hovefields, Basildon, Essex. 7 Irish Travellers families were evicted from their own lands.
    BasildonEviction031.jpg
  • 7th of September 2010, Travellers' eviction by bailiffs company Constant & Co, in Hovefields, Basildon, Essex. 7 Irish Travellers families were evicted from their own lands.
    BasildonEviction056.jpg
  • Irish Travellers living on the South Bermondsey Council-owned Travellers' site, London. These pictures were taken between 2002 and 2005.
    10960027.JPG
  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
    038DaleFarm_9262.jpg
  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
    032DaleFarm_9213.jpg
  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
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  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
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  • Irish Travellers living on a small site in Leo Street, South Bermondsey, London. These pictures were taken in 2003.
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  • The Appleby horse fair is the largest Gypsy and Travellers horse fair in the UK. Tens of thousand of Travellers come from all over the UK and Ireland every year to trade horses and meet up with friends and family in Appleby on the first weekend of June
    Appleby280.jpg
  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
    037DaleFarm_9248.jpg
  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
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  • Irish Travellers living on the South Bermondsey Council-owned Travellers' site, London. These pictures were taken between 2002 and 2005.
    10960008.JPG
  • Irish Travellers living on the South Bermondsey Council-owned Travellers' site, London. These pictures were taken between 2002 and 2005.
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  • Irish Travellers living on the South Bermondsey Council-owned Travellers' site, London. These pictures were taken between 2002 and 2005.
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  • Irish Travellers living on the South Bermondsey Council-owned Travellers' site, London. These pictures were taken between 2002 and 2005.
    10980005.JPG
  • Irish Travellers living under the Westway in West London. Some families have been living on this Council-owned site for more than 30 years
    32_ITWestway_April2011_1364.jpg
  • Irish Travellers living on the South Bermondsey Council-owned Travellers' site, London. These pictures were taken between 2002 and 2005.
    10970003.JPG
  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
    073DaleFarm_9459.jpg
  • Irish Travellers living on the South Bermondsey Council-owned Travellers' site, London. These pictures were taken between 2002 and 2005.
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  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
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  • Christmas lights on the South Bermondsey Travellers' site, London
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  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
    04_DaleFarm25-05-2011_4846.jpg
  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
    12_DaleFarm25-05-2011_4894.jpg
  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
    16_DaleFarm25-05-2011_4901.jpg
  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
    17_DaleFarm25-05-2011_4906.jpg
  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
    19_DaleFarm25-05-2011_4922.jpg
  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
    25_DaleFarm25-05-2011_4953.jpg
  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
    28_DaleFarm25-05-2011_4963.jpg
  • The largest Traveller community in the UK, Dale Farm is under threat of bulldozing. Ninety families face the largest eviction of its kind in recent memory, a nightmare which will force its residents to camp again on roadsides and car-parks.
    29_DaleFarm25-05-2011_4961.jpg
  • Irish Traveller boy at the Appleby horse fair. The Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria is the largest Gypsy and Travellers horse fair in the UK. Tens of thousand of Travellers come from all over the UK and Ireland every year to trade horses and meet up with friends and family in Appleby on the first weekend of June.
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