Let's say something nice about Travellers

Graces7

Graces7 wrote: »

I have had many good experiences with travellers especially in Kerry. Giving me free lifts in jaunting cars ( I am old and lame), many a good chat and when I was almost being evicted, offering me a house at a very low price. They always had a kind word and a wave.

PS I remain convinced that it is how you treat folk and value them that decides how they treat YOU and many posts here bear that out.

GowlBagJohnson

They're able to marry their cousins

JohnnyFlash

Graces7 wrote: »

I have had many good experiences with travellers especially in Kerry. Giving me free lifts in jaunting cars ( I am old and lame), many a good chat and when I was almost being evicted, offering me a house at a very low price. They always had a kind word and a wave.

Jaunting cars? Are you from the 1890’s?

Roger Hassenforder

Graces7 wrote: »

I have had many good experiences with travellers especially in Kerry. Giving me free lifts in jaunting cars ( I am old and lame), many a good chat and when I was almost being evicted, offering me a house at a very low price. They always had a kind word and a wave.

They werent travellers.
They were jarvey kerrymen

Graces7

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

They werent travellers.
They were jarvey kerrymen

settled travellers. such deep rooted prejudice you are in thrall to;sad to see .

Omackeral

Graces7 wrote: »

settled travellers. such deep rooted prejudice you are in thrall to;sad to see .

Why are you in the overwhelming minority on here when it comes to positive interactions with travellers? Is everyone else wrong/deluded/making it up?

Conservative

I knew quite a few travellers growing up and lived over from the road a young settled family until a few years ago.

I tend to fall on the side of being critical of them but in the spirit of the thread I will start with the positive things which I have also experienced and respect about them.

They are extremely loyal people. As a lot of the personal stories here show If you treat them well and are on good terms with them they generally won't see you wronged.

Despite the lack of education they are often brilliant communicators and some of the funniest f***ers I have ever met. I could listen to them talk for hours about their latest goings on.

They've done a huge amount for boxing in Ireland and contribute a lot more than just young fighters to clubs around the country. Also, Andy Lee is a total legend and gentleman.

That said I would have great sympathy for anybody who ends up living beside a halting site or has their home or business up ended by some of the same people.

tayto lover

I know a lot of travellers and ran some educational classes aimed at helping them a number of years ago.
I found that when they are in small groups they are easy to get along with and have a good sense of humour.
When they are in large groups and at family gatherings where alcohol is used they are then totally unpredictable and reasoning and logic goes out the window. Total chaos will usually ensue and they act like different people to what they were the day before.

Ally Dick

I was in the A&E in Our Lady's Hospital Navan a few years ago. My wife had jumped on a bed as I lay in it, and she twisted my ankle. I went up to the A&E and queued there for hours in the waiting room for an X-ray. As I was in the A&E itself after the X-ray, it was bedlam...and the one person who offered me their seat was a traveller. I never forgot that

Yester

If I was a traveller, I would be an angry one. Just the fact that I could refused service in a pub based on the fact I was from the travelling community would really piss me off.

jmayo

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Jaunting cars? Are you from the 1890’s?

didn't you read the Kerry bit?

jmayo

Ally Dick wrote: »

I was in the A&E in Our Lady's Hospital Navan a few years ago. My wife had jumped on a bed as I lay in it, and she twisted my ankle. I went up to the A&E and queued there for hours in the waiting room for an X-ray. As I was in the A&E itself after the X-ray, it was bedlam...and the one person who offered me their seat was a traveller. I never forgot that

. Is she good at jumping off the wardrobe?

Tipsy McSwagger

Yester wrote: »

If I was a traveller, I would be an angry one. Just the fact that I could refused service in a pub based on the fact I was from the travelling community would really piss me off.

A normal traveler so.

hurler32

Travellers are very good at locating solicitors to deal with all the various accidents they do be involved in ...

anthonyos

I had an heated debate with a relative of mine who works as a social work with travellers.i told him my veiws on them which isnt to good he said they a mostly good people but they don't want to work and he defended them with passion .I asked him would he let them into his house he said "no" .that proved my point.

jcd5971

I work in shops for many years, I find the nice ones to be some of the best people you'd meet.

However they are unfortunately in a vast vast minority to the rest I've encountered who cause nothing but trouble.

Roger Hassenforder

jcd5971 wrote: »

I work in shops for many years, I find the nice ones to be some of the best people you'd meet.

However they are unfortunately in a vast vast minority to the rest I've encountered who cause nothing but trouble.

a nice person is a nice person irrespective of their origin, ethnicity, skin colour and includes some travellers.

however the vast majority of travellers I've interacted with over the years in education, work or socially have absolutely no respect for you, your rights, the law, society, environment, animals, or education or working for something.

Only themselves, and what they can get.

Benildus

Graces7 wrote: »

settled travellers. such deep rooted prejudice you are in thrall to;sad to see .

they ain't travellers or even settled travellers. Ask them and see the reaction you get