Editing Irish Travellers (section)

==== United Kingdom ====
In 2011, for the first time, the census category "Irish Traveller" was introduced as part of the broader Gypsy/Traveller section. While Irish Travellers and Romani Gypsy people are genetically distant from each other, with Travellers having Irish roots, and Roma Gypsies having alleged South Asian heritage, they are conflated in the UK Census, so the number of Travellers may be lower than what is reported in this category.

The self reported figure for collective Gypsy/Traveller populations were 63,193<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-the-united-kingdom---part-1/rft-ks201uk.xls|format=XLS|title=2011 Census: Ethnic group1, local authorities in the United Kingdom|website=Ons.gov.uk|access-date=2017-08-02}}</ref> but estimates of Irish Travellers living in Great Britain range are about 15,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dohc.ie/publications/traveller_health_a_national_strategy_2002_2005.html |publisher=Irish Medical Journal |title=Traveller Health: A National Strategy 2002–2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203165600/http://www.dohc.ie/publications/traveller_health_a_national_strategy_2002_2005.html |archive-date= 3 December 2012 }}</ref> as part of a total estimation of over 300,000 Romani and other Traveller groups in the UK.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/feb/25/truth-about-gypsy-traveller-life-women|title=The big fat truth about Gypsy life | work=The Guardian| first=Julie|last=Bindel|date=25 February 2011|location=London}}</ref> In the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 Census of England and Wales]], the Gypsy/Irish Traveller community numbered 67,757, or 0.1% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 December 2022 |title=Population of England and Wales |url=https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/uk-population-by-ethnicity/national-and-regional-populations/population-of-england-and-wales/latest#by-ethnicity |access-date=11 April 2023 |website=www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref>

The [[London Boroughs]] of [[London Borough of Harrow|Harrow]] and [[London Borough of Brent|Brent]] contain significant Irish Traveller populations. In addition to those on various official sites, there are a number who are settled in local authority housing. These are mostly women who wish their children to have a chance at formal education. They and the children may or may not travel in the summer but remain in close contact with the wider Irish Traveller community.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lloyd|first=Gwynedd|date=2008|title=Education and Gypsies/Travellers: contradictions and significant silences|journal=International Journal of Inclusive Education|volume=12|issue=4|pages=331–345|doi=10.1080/13603110601183065|s2cid=144960289}}</ref>

There are also a number of Irish Traveller communities in the [[Home counties]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/jun/29/gypsy-sites-england-local-authority | location=London | work=The Guardian| first=Ami | last=Sedghi | title=Every Gypsy and Traveller caravan site in England mapped and listed | date=29 June 2011}}</ref>