Browse Collections (13 total)

The Travelling Community in Cork City has long been a resilient force advocating for the rights and recognition of Irish Travellers. Known for their…

The Cahirmee Horse Fair is an annual event held in Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is one of the oldest and most significant horse fairs in…

A collection of books, booklets, posters, reports and surveys authored, commissioned or published by either Cork Traveller Women's Network or…

A collection of films and short videos that both the Cork Traveller Women's Network and the Traveller Visibility Group have commissioned over the…

Scope and Content: This collection consists of 9 colour photographs documenting an open-air Mass held at the Pole Field in Blackpool, Cork. The…

The Housing (Miscellaneous) Provisions Act 2002 or Anti-trespass Act made nomadism illegal, allowing the prosecution of Travellers who camped on the…

This is a collection of photographs, a booklet and a radio programme that focuses on the barrel-top wagon that is on display in the Toraig on the…

Fr Donal Fennessy acted as chaplain for Travellers in 1970 as an SMA trainee priest. He donated a collection of photos from this time including youth…

The Hourigan family has a rich tradition of tinsmithing, a craft passed down through multiple generations. John Hourigan and his son, Danny Hourigan,…

This collection consists of a series of historical photographs documenting the lives of Irish Travellers, originally published by the Irish Examiner.…

The collection consists of the Keenans' family photos. In 2024, the Keenan Family worked with genealogist Tony Hennessey and oral historian James…

A collection of colour photographs by photographer Una Murray, taken in Mahon before modern developments, featuring Traveller families residing in the…

CTWN has worked in partnership with Cork Public Museum since 2005 to develop and curate Toraig on the Tobar, the Traveller culture exhibit.

The…