Roma and Irish Travellers

This topic was created in the Travel forum by Seajatt on Thursday, January 27, 2022 and has 4 replies.
I'm about this [ ] close to embarking on a nomadic life, just have a few things to finish, and then I'll go wandering. I've been watching different content, and I've landed on a lot of stuff about these two communities. Its a little strange because van life, rv life, or whatever you want to call it is kind of seen favorably here in the states, but it seems like nomads across the sea in the EU are not seen so well? And the other thing I was wondering about, is what differentiates someone Irish from an Irish Traveller? I assume the delineation came from what the protestants did in Ireland? I'm also curious about what is happening in Romania. I know Romanians and Roma are two separate groups, but I'm wondering specifically about the Roma. They just settled in Romania at some point and have their own community enclaves?
It's cause they live outside society. Western Europe has similar customs especially nowadays.

The Irish ancestors (Celts) never really fit in and were always seen as pagan as they never united or adopted Christianity in mass.

Also about van life I don't think it's seen as favorable. The van life people you see on social media have enough money to fall back on and the ones that don't usually employ the stealth method or have to keep moving constantly even when it's difficult to do so. There's so many restrictions

Been there so not just talking
People have posted some very insightful stuff on the reality behind actual gypsy life and culture. Clearly far from the modern American, nomadic RV traveler experience. I’ve also once romanticized the idea of it. Thanks pop culture.



Be careful when becoming someone’s gypsy princess…. Hide yo kids hide yo wives and yo wallets