ENTRY DESCRIPTION
I've been documenting the lives, culture and traditions of the Irish Travelers, a forgotten people since 2017. The images I've captured reflect my personal interactions with the Travelers I have met and followed through the years at halting sites, illegal encampments in and around County Galway, Limerick, and outside of Dublin as well as the annual horse fair in Ballinasloe.

This photograph 'Philomena' was taken in Limerick, Ireland within an Illegal Encampment (an unauthorized living area the Travelers occupy usually located alongside highways). Philomena sat within her family car and watched through the window while her mother stopped to visit with family. Many travelers have family members that live within their halting sites, while others choose to live traditionally as their nomadic ancestors had beside roadways. Some live in these illegal encampment sites temporarily while they wait for space within a halting site, which can take many years.

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