List of Irish Travellers
Appearance
This is a list of Irish Travellers.
- Francie Barrett (b. 1972) represented Ireland at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia in 1996.[1]
- Margaret Barry (1917–1989), singer
- Patrick Callaghan Irish Boxing Champion
- Michael Collins, actor (King of the Travellers)[2]
- John Connors, (b. 1990) actor, screen writer, documentary film-maker and human rights activist (Love/Hate)
- Patrick "Paddy" Doherty, a former bare-knuckle boxer. He is best known as one of the interviewed Irish Travelers in My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2011.
- Felix Doran was one of the most influential uilleann pipers in the history of Irish music, active during the first half of the 20th century.
- Pecker Dunne was a well known member of the Traveller Community and singer from County Wexford, Ireland.[3]
- Brendon Fearon, career criminal in Nottinghamshire and major player in the attempted robbery of Tony Martin's farmhouse which left Fearon's partner, 16-year-old Fred Barass, also a Traveller, dead, and Fearon wounded, after the homeowner shot the intruders.
- Hughie Fury, a professional boxer from Greater Manchester who won the British heavyweight title
- Tyson Fury, a professional boxer based in Manchester, England and WBC heavyweight champion.[4]
- Michael Gomez, a professional boxer based in Manchester, England, was born to an Irish Traveller family in County Longford.
- Bartley Gorman was the "king" of the gypsies and undefeated bareknuckle boxing champion until his death in 2002.
- Nathan Gorman, a professional boxer from Cheshire who fought for the British Heavyweight title
- Nan Joyce is a pioneering Irish Travellers' rights activist.
- Paddy Keenan, piper, is a foundating member of the Bothy Band in the 1970s and a key figure in the transition of Irish traditional music into the world of Celtic-dominated music.[5]
- Andy Lee, former WBO Middleweight world champion
- Hughie Maughan, runner-up of Big Brother 17 (UK) and a contestant on the Irish Dancing with the Stars
- John Joe Nevin, Irish International, two-time Olympian, and a London 2012 silver medalist[6]
- John O'Donnell, boxer
- John Reilly was a traditional Irish singer and source of songs.
- Shayne Ward is an English singer and former winner of X Factor, whose parents are Irish Travellers who settled in England.
- Mike Ward is an English singer and runner up/finalist from The Voice UK. He has Irish Traveller roots on his father's side and is also distant cousins with Shayne Ward.
References
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- ^ "TheJournal.ie". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ "Ballad Biographies of Irish Folk Singers". Iol.ie. 2010-01-07.
- ^ "BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ "About Paddy". PaddyKeenan.com. 2002. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ^ "BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2019-12-05.