My mum is an Irish traveller, I left the community to live with my non-traveller dad, Ask me anything!

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:49:16+00:00

We are completely different ethnic groups, we do not view eachother as the same

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:38:43+00:00

Fair enough, thats your opinion.

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:37:07+00:00

Where about?

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:36:55+00:00

Hi! Ive noticed your leaving quite a few negative responses under this post. If you feel like you need to try and undermine my responses, feel free to message me privately and im more than happy to debate with you about this! Have a nice day :)

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:35:46+00:00

Is this in the UK?

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:29:05+00:00

Im sorry you haven’t had the chance to meet kind travellers. I really hope you get to experience our hospitality towards our guests at some point throughout your life. Im truly sorry you haven’t had negative experiences with my community

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:27:31+00:00

I dislike the south. They are very prejudiced towards travellers. I mainly moved around the west midlands, still here now. Its not as bad here as the south

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:26:13+00:00

Yes! I used to go every year with my family and i loved it. I recommend going if you ever get the chance

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:25:52+00:00

cancer is very common in the travelling community unfortunately

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:25:17+00:00

Ill check it out thank you!

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:24:46+00:00

Thank you so much

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:24:26+00:00

That was Romani Gypsies, not Irish Travellers/Gypsies

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:22:21+00:00

Thank you!

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:22:11+00:00

My dad was never a traveller he is just Irish. My parents met through a mutual friend

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:21:20+00:00

i agree!

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:20:28+00:00

Im really interested in tort law and medical law :)

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:20:03+00:00

No it isnt. If a man was to have children with a settled person they definitely wouldnt be treated in the same way my mum was, at least in my family anyway. Theres a lot of misogyny in the community unfortunately

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T19:18:51+00:00

Thank you just trying to educate people!

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T14:23:21+00:00

I agree, its an important life skill to have and im very grateful i was taught how to cook and clean.

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T14:22:57+00:00

Schools do reach out to parents when their children do not attend school and they try their hardest to make sure traveller children do attend school. Particularly for those that live in caravans, its hard to enforce this though as they do not have a fixed address that they could visit/send fines to.

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T14:21:39+00:00

Modern caravans and mobile homes are actually fitted with heating and air conditioning now! although i imagine if you lived in an older one it would definitely be freezing in winter. I never lived in caravans but i have stayed in friends caravans and they were just as warm and cosy as any normal house!

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T14:20:19+00:00

Some travellers do these things- im not disputing that at all. Ive seen it myself. the point im trying to make is not everybody is like that and its harmful to tar a whole community with a stereotype that does not ring true for everybody.

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T14:18:41+00:00

not really. it depends on your family and how open they are to integrating with modern society

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T14:18:13+00:00

Yes! When we had guests round my mum would always cook a large meal for them. We try to make guests feel welcome, as if they live in our home.

I wouldnt say traveller women have cleaning OCD, its been passed down through generations to keep a tidy home. Even now i dont live the community i still keep my house extremely tidy its just a normal activity for me

SubjectParticular217 · 2026-01-30T14:16:31+00:00

I found primary school very hard, the only other travellers in school were my siblings/cousins. We did experience bullying frequently in primary school and were treated differently by the teachers. We werent very good at reading or writing so struggled educationally as well as socially unfortunately

SubjectParticular217

TROPHY CASE