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The "top of the morning " to you. Irish Travellers often referred to as Irish Gypsies lived in barrell topped wagons like this for many years. It was a hard life . | Paul Egan, Irish Tour Guide.

‘Your house is not where your heart’s at.’ Irish Travellers are an Indigenous ethnic minority of Ireland with roots stretching back centuries. Travellers once lived mostly nomadic lives across Ireland, but government policies introduced in the 1960s made their itinerant way of life difficult to sustain. In the short documentary ‘Free People’, the directors Alice McDowell and Felix Ferguson bring that heritage to life. Filmed at a recreated Traveller campsite in County Galway, it captures familie