Editing Irish Travellers (section)

==Religion==
Travellers have a distinctive approach to [[religion]]; the vast majority of them are practising [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]], and they also pay particular attention to issues of [[Faith healing|healing]].<ref>Brownlee, Attracta, "Irish travellers and 'powerful priests'" (pp. 97–110). ''Ireland's new religious movements'' in Olivia Cosgrove, et al. (eds), Cambridge Scholars, 2011 {{ISBN|1-4438-2588-3}}</ref> Many have been known to follow a strict code of behaviour that dictates some of their moral beliefs and influences their actions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2011/0528/1224297903523.html |title=Trapped by the Traveller code? |first=DENISE |last=DEEGAN |access-date=12 June 2011 |newspaper=The Irish Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021180907/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2011/0528/1224297903523.html |archive-date=21 October 2011 |date=28 May 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> Irish Travellers are known to practice their Catholic faith at holy wells and shrines across Ireland. Travellers were excluded in the past from everyday parish activities in Ireland. Richard O'Brien of the Kerry diocese is a member of the Traveller community who started a groundbreaking initiative to reach out to the Irish Traveller community and help them to be more involved in parish life. The Irish Bishops Conference released a statement to every parish, asking them to welcome Irish Travellers to their towns and villages throughout Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2022/10/05/statement-of-the-autumn-2022-general-meeting-of-the-irish-catholic-bishops-conference/|title=Statement of the Autumn 2022 General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference &#124; Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference|website=www.catholicbishops.ie|accessdate=4 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/news/2022/07/there-was-no-representation-whatsoever-richard-obrien-speaks-out-about-prejudice-among|title="THERE WAS NO REPRESENTATION WHATSOEVER": RICHARD O'BRIEN SPEAKS OUT ABOUT PREJUDICE AMONG IRISH TRAVELLERS AND THE PARISH.|website=Travellers Times|accessdate=4 April 2023}}</ref>