Gold / 2020 / Portraiture / Culture

The Irish Travelers, A Forgotten People

These series of images reflect my personal interactions with the Travelers I met at various halting sites, and illegal encampments
in Galway and Limerick, outside of Dublin, and at 
the annual horse fair in Ballinasloe.


I first encountered the Irish Travelers through a photographic trip to Killaloe, County Clare.  Although they have a savory reputation for violence and criminal behavior, I found them to be generally friendly, approachable, and tragically misunderstood. I think it’s important to document the Travelers as we know them today, to collect a photographic record of a unique people