Manchester University Press
6 The politics of Traveller exclusion
Abstract
This chapter provides a case study of the politics of Traveller exclusion from 1963, with the publication of the Report of the Commission on Itinerancy, to the end of the twentieth century. During the 1980s Ennis Travellers contested what they described as discrimination in the allocation of council housing on a number of occasions. Travellers in the Ennis area had a deep-rooted antipathy to the site because of its proximity to Drumcliffe cemetery where many of their dead were buried. Opposition to Traveller accommodation was justified on an ongoing basis by allegations of violence by Travellers against settled people. Clare County Council, in conjunction with the local authorities in neighbouring counties, sought to develop the camp as accommodation for all Travellers living within a twenty or thirty mile radius of Limerick city.
Abstract
This chapter provides a case study of the politics of Traveller exclusion from 1963, with the publication of the Report of the Commission on Itinerancy, to the end of the twentieth century. During the 1980s Ennis Travellers contested what they described as discrimination in the allocation of council housing on a number of occasions. Travellers in the Ennis area had a deep-rooted antipathy to the site because of its proximity to Drumcliffe cemetery where many of their dead were buried. Opposition to Traveller accommodation was justified on an ongoing basis by allegations of violence by Travellers against settled people. Clare County Council, in conjunction with the local authorities in neighbouring counties, sought to develop the camp as accommodation for all Travellers living within a twenty or thirty mile radius of Limerick city.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables vi
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Racism in Ireland 8
- 3 Nation-building and exclusion 30
- 4 Ireland and the Holocaust 59
- 5 Refugees and asylum seekers 87
- 6 The politics of Traveller exclusion 112
- 7 The legacy of anti-Traveller racism 152
- 8 Multiculturalism in Ireland 178
- Select bibliography 199
- Index 205
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables vi
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Racism in Ireland 8
- 3 Nation-building and exclusion 30
- 4 Ireland and the Holocaust 59
- 5 Refugees and asylum seekers 87
- 6 The politics of Traveller exclusion 112
- 7 The legacy of anti-Traveller racism 152
- 8 Multiculturalism in Ireland 178
- Select bibliography 199
- Index 205
