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Travellers are an indigenous minority who have been documented as being part of Irish society for centuries. The group has a long shared history, identity, language and value system, which makes them a distinct group.
While Irish Travellers are native to Ireland, they have much in common with European Travellers and Gypsies. Officially, the Irish Government recognise Travellers as a cultural minority, while the group continues to campaign for ethnic minority status in line with the Roma and other similar groups across Europe.
Traveller representative organisations indicate that there are approximately 30,000 Travellers living in the Irish Republic. It is estimated that there are 1,500 Irish Travellers living in Northern Ireland and 15,000 in England, Scotland and Wales..
