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RCTA_IE_Ballinure Mahon_2 September 1971_PHOTO.webp
Photograph of the first City Council Halting site.
Due to the substandard construction, Traveller families did not stay on the site long. Notice the bare block walls

RCTA_IE_Ballinure Mahon First Cork Traveller Site Deserted 2 September 1971_PHOTO.webp
Photograph of the first City Council Halting site.
Due to the substandard construction, Traveller families did not stay on the site long.

RCTA_IE_Barreltop wagon deserted Traveller Site at Ballinure Mahon Cork. 07 Janurary 1971_PHOTO.webp
A black and white photograph of a barrel-top wagon through a broken window,

RCTA_BTW_Barrel Top Wagon on St Patrick's Day_2005_PHOTO.webp
A photograph of the barrel-top wagon with a group of Travellers on Penrose Quay during St Patrick's Day 2005

RCTA_DC_CTWN_Beady Pocket_2013_POSTER-compressed.pdf
A poster with an image of a Beady Pocket and a text describing the practice of making them and how Travellers have made and their importance to Traveller culture and identity.

Beady Pockets (2021) features Traveller grandmother Kathleen Keenan sharing her memories about a traditional Traveller women's craft with her granddaughter. A beady pocket was a traditional bag worn by Traveller women and decorated with beads and…

RCTA_CPM_Tent Project11_2007_PHOTO.webp
A photograph of three women standing between a traditional lubán tent and a barrel-top wagon in the Toraig on the Tobar exhibit at Cork Public Museum

RCTA_IE_Black Ash halting site_14 April1981_PHOTO.webp
A black and white photograph of the Black Ash Halting Site. This was a Corporation (Council) site constructed near the traditional Black Ash campsite

RCTA_BTW_blackpool girls group at launch of wagon_2005_PHOTO.webp
A photograph of the Blackpool girl's group at the launch of the barrel-top wagon in the National Sculpture Factory

RCTA_TRC_Eviction10_2004_PHOTO.webp
A photograph of a large concrete block being placed between two other large concrete blocks, making a barrier to stop Travellers from camping

RCTA_TRC_Eviction9_2004_PHOTO.webp
A photograph of a man watching a large concrete block being placed in front of a gate

RCTA_TRC_Boulders Blocking_2003_PHOTO.webp
A photograph of boulders blocking access to a green area. This is a common tactic by local authorities to stop Travellers from parking up.

RCTA_DT_Meelagh34_2011_PHOTO.webp
A photograph of a boy riding a horse

RCTA_Activism_Housing Protest City Hall 2_ 2017_PHOTO..webp
A colour photograph of Breda O'Donoghue and John O'Sullivan speaking Journalist at a Traveller accommodation protest outside Cork City Hall

RCTA_Activism_Housing Protest City Hall 3_ 2017_PHOTO..webp
Breda O'Donoghue speaking to a crowd at a Traveller accommodation protest outside Cork City Hall

RCTA_Activism_Housing Protest City Hall 1_ 2017_PHOTO.webp
Black and white photograph of TVG's Breda O'Donoghue speaking with Eddie Noonan from Frameworks Films at a Traveller accommodation protest outside Cork City Hall

RCTA_IE_Bridget & Jim Quilligan Children Christina & Susan at Forge Hill_16 December 1986_PHOTO.webp
A black and white photograph of Bridget & Jim Quilligan outside their trailer with their Children, Christina & Susan at Forge Hill

RCTA_PFM_Bridgey and Katie_ Blackpool 1997_PHOTO.webp
A colour photograph of Bridgey Burke and Katie O'Donoghue chatting at the Pole Field

RCTA_CPM_Brigid Burke & Katie ODonoghue Musuem_2006_PHOTO.webp
A photograph of Brigid Burke & Katie ODonoghue making a mosaic sign Traveller culture exhibit Public Museum

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