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WalterMitty

Why do they have irish surnames if they are a different ethnic group?

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Kasabian

Last time I checked it was cos..

minidazzler

WalterMitty wrote: »

Why do they have irish surnames if they are a different ethnic group?

Because they are the Irish who refused to go to connaught according to my history teacher, so they started roving around and making money for food by fixing tin.

They have traditional Irish surnames usually, from way back.

Chiorino

Cos they're not.

Celly Smunt

jesus wept..

Lando Griffin

minidazzler wrote: »

Because they are the Irish who refused to go to connaught according to my history teacher, so they started roving around and making money for food by fixing tin.

They have traditional Irish surnames usually, from way back.

And are the travellers in England of Irish decent or do they have their own version?

Celly Smunt

Lando Griffin wrote: »

And are the travellers in England of Irish decent or do they have their own version?

traditionally of irish decent

Terry

pmcmahon wrote: »

jesus wept..

I'm just waiting for the Waterford contingent to arrive.
Travellers get called all sorts of names, thread gets locked and then Help Desk fills up with people who want to call travellers all the names under the sun.

Let the rabble begin.

krudler

Why are they all called John-Paul and Kathleen anyway?

[Deleted User]

Lando Griffin wrote: »

And are the travellers in England of Irish decent or do they have their own version?

Are they decent?

Who knows!

bonerm

It's all part of their disguise. Infiltrate the local populace etc. For example when they're on tour in Nigeria they'll black-up and use names like Paddy Odemwingie and Micko Echiéjilé.

biko

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Traveller
www.irishtraveller.org.uk
and so on.

This thread is on a specific topic, travellers names. Anything else = not welcome.

Kasabian

biko wrote: »

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Traveller
www.irishtraveller.org.uk
and so on.

This thread is on a specific topic, travellers names. Anything else = not welcome.

Marco Polo

Degsy

I thought you said you were a nurse!

No,i said i was a ward sister!

Degsy

Kasabian wrote: »

Marco Polo

St Brendan The Navigator.

Celly Smunt

Degsy wrote: »

St Brendan The Navigator.

willy the cock muncher

Mike 1972

Who the fup decided it was a good idea to call them "travellers". Travellers are people who move about FFS. This morning I travelled to work and this afternoon i travelled home again.

Even worse is the term "Irish travellers" particularly when applied to people who have never been to Ireland and may not even qualify for an Irish passport.

pickarooney

bluewolf wrote: »

Are they decent? Who knows!

You're like the guerrilla version of a Grammar Nazi.

Degsy

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Who the fup decided it was a good idea to call them "travellers". Travellers are people who move about FFS. This morning I travelled to work and this afternoon i travelled home again.

Even worse is the term "Irish travellers" particularly when applied to people who have never been to Ireland and may not even qualify for an Irish passport.

So is they here on holiday then?

Ozil

Does anyone know someone with the last name "Joyce" who isn't a traveller ?

Celly Smunt

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Who the fup decided it was a good idea to call them "travellers". Travellers are people who move about FFS. This morning I travelled to work and this afternoon i travelled home again.

Even worse is the term "Irish travellers" particularly when applied to people who have never been to Ireland and may not even qualify for an Irish passport.

because they are travelling with no set abode?

pickarooney

Ozil wrote: »

Does anyone know someone with the last name "Joyce" who isn't a traveller ?

I know quite a few, and none of them are related to James.

Degsy

Ozil wrote: »

Does anyone know someone with the last name "Joyce" who isn't a traveller ?

Yes

mikom

Ozil wrote: »

Does anyone know someone with the last name "Joyce" who isn't a traveller ?

James?

Anyway.........

We’re the Joyce country ceili band
Playing away and we’re doing grand
We’re singing a song won’t you give us a hand
‘Cos we’re the Joyce Country Ceili Band

Friday night , off we go
Tune the fiddle , strain the bow
Take it handy for the first few sets
Sure there’s hardly anyone listening yet

And we're the Joyce Country Ceili Band
Playing away and we’re doing grand
We’re singing a song won’t you give us a hand
‘cos we’re the Joyce Country Ceili Band

Thomas and Mary out on the floor
Well they never lost it, that’s for sure
In his sparkling shoes and his daz-white shirt
She has a brand new perm
And a pleated shkirt

And we're the Joyce Country Ceili Band
Playing away and we’re doing grand
We’re singing a song won’t you give us a hand
‘Cos we’re the Joyce Country Ceili Band

We do do’s and functions
Weddings and wakes
Meats and salads, buns and cakes
Well if you need a few tunes just give us a call
For the house the pub or the parish hall

And we're the Joyce Country Ceili Band
Playing away and we’re doing grand
We’re singing a song won’t you give us a hand
‘Cos we’re the Joyce Country Ceili Band

There’s a princess on the floor all night
She can fairly throw them shapes alright
Howya bridie are you on you own?
Howya fixed far a seat back home

And we're the Joyce Country Ceili Band
Playing away and we’re doing grand
We’re singing a song won’t you give us a hand
‘Cos we’re the Joyce Country Ceili Band

Yes we're the Joyce Country Ceili Band

Mike 1972

pmcmahon wrote: »

because they are travelling with no set abode?

I know "travellers" who have lived in the same place for over two decades while Ive lived at over fifteen different addresses during the same period

Celly Smunt

Mike 1972 wrote: »

I know "travellers" who have lived in the same place for two decades while Ive lived at over fifteen different addresses over the same period

traveller.

Degsy

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Pa Connors from Killinaskully is aptly named for a traveller.

Conners one and all.

And of course the great Blacky Connors...the mixed race offspring.

KnifeWRENCH

Ozil wrote: »

Does anyone know someone with the last name "Joyce" who isn't a traveller ?

My housemate in college last year. And his dad was a guard, so I'm fairly sure his family weren't travellers.

Mike 1972

And then there was William Joyce

billy the squid

biko wrote: »

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Traveller
www.irishtraveller.org.uk
and so on.

This thread is on a specific topic, travellers names. Anything else = not welcome.

In fairness, if I wanted wikipedia to say that Travellers have two heads and eat settled people's children it would only take a few seconds to make it so.

billy the squid

minidazzler wrote: »

Because they are the Irish who refused to go to connaught according to my history teacher, so they started roving around and making money for food by fixing tin.

They have traditional Irish surnames usually, from way back.

Legislation to curtail what was termed the "Wandering Irish" dates back as far as 1243, a very long time before "To Hell or To Connaught."

http://books.google.com/books?id=Iz28AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=uk+statute+books+1243+wandering+irish&source=bl&ots=x3kaqInX0t&sig=GZ2oN68wRr6effmK_gxKqK1FX80&hl=en&ei=xKJJTJamA5260gTbzaCFCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false