Editing Irish Travellers (section)

=== Ireland ===
The 2016 census in the [[Republic of Ireland]] reported the number of Irish Travellers as 30,987, up from 29,495 in 2011.<ref name="2016CensusReport6">{{cite report |url-status=live |archive-date=14 April 2017 |publisher=[[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]] |year=2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414014423/http://cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/population/2017/Chapter_6_Ethnicity_and_irish_travellers.pdf#page=3 |access-date=5 February 2018 |title=6. Ethnicity and Irish Travellers |url=http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/population/2017/Chapter_6_Ethnicity_and_irish_travellers.pdf#page=3 |page=3 }}</ref> In 2006 the number was 22,369.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://beyond2020.cso.ie/Census/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=75490|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127171400/http://beyond2020.cso.ie/Census/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=75490|url-status=dead|title=Irish Census 2006|archive-date=27 November 2014|access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref> A further 1,700 to 2,000 were estimated to live in [[Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.community-relations.org.uk/fs/doc/shared-space-issue-chapter5-59-73-web.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718132531/http://www.community-relations.org.uk/fs/doc/shared-space-issue-chapter5-59-73-web.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 July 2011 |title='Out of Site, Out of Mind': An Historical Overview of Accommodating Irish Travellers' Nomadic Culture in Northern Ireland |last=Redmond |first=Andrea |year=2008 |publisher=Community Relations Council (CRC) |pages=1, 71 |access-date=11 June 2010 }}</ref>

From the 2006 Irish census, it was determined that 20,975 dwell in urban areas and 1,460 were living in rural areas. With an overall population of just 0.5% some areas were found to have a higher proportion, with high Traveller concentrations in Clare, Dublin, Galway and Limerick. There were found to be 9,301 Travellers in the 0–14 age range, comprising 41.5% of the Traveller population, and a further 3,406 of them were in the 15–24 age range, comprising 15.2%. Children of the age range 0–17 comprised 48.7% of the Traveller population.

Following the findings of the All Ireland Traveller Health Study (estimates for 2008), the figure for Northern Ireland was revised to 3,905 and that for the Republic to 36,224.<ref name="Abdalla2010">{{cite book|last1=Abdalla|first1=Safa|last2=Quirke|first2=Brigid|last3=Fitzpatrick|first3=Patricia|last4=Daly|first4=Leslie|display-authors=1|date=September 2010|editor-last=Kelleher|editor-first=Cecily|title=Demography & Vital Statistics Part A of Technical Report 2|series=All Ireland Traveller health study|location=Dublin|publisher=School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science, University College Dublin|page=20|url=http://www.dohc.ie/publications/aiths2010/TR2/AITHS2010_TechnicalReport2_HR_PartA.pdf?direct=1|access-date=2011-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317184057/http://www.dohc.ie/publications/aiths2010/TR2/AITHS2010_TechnicalReport2_HR_PartA.pdf?direct=1|archive-date=2012-03-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The rural community of [[Rathkeale]], [[County Limerick]], has one of the largest populations of any towns percentage-wise, with around half of its residents having Irish Traveller ancestry. Traveller clans, gangs, and associations or events linked to the Traveller community and culture may often have the name Rathkeale linked with it, such as the [[Rathkeale Rovers]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rathkeale A Unique Town|url=https://www.rte.ie//archives/2020/1013/1171213-rathkeale-a-unique-town/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=RTÉ Archives|language=en}}</ref> It is sometimes considered a rural mecca of Travellers in this regard. There are other communities, including in Dublin as well. [[Tuam]] (c. 5% Traveller) and [[Longford]] both have abundant Traveller communities in rural areas as well. While not as high proportion-wise, due to its high population in general, [[Dublin]] and its suburbs have over 5,000 Travellers, whom make up a scant 0.4% of Dublin's population proper and 0.2-0.3% of the Greater Dublin population.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.galwaydaily.com/news/tuam-travellers-census/|publisher=Galway Daily|title=Tuam is town with the most Travellers in Ireland|author=Michael Malone}}</ref> [[Ballyfermot]], Dublin has a large Traveller community, mostly located in the Labre Park area.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://m.sundayworld.com/news/irish-news/i-dont-want-anyone-tormenting-me-i-want-peace-life-in-irelands-oldest-traveller-site/a683249269.html | title='I don't want anyone tormenting me, I want peace' – life in Ireland's oldest Traveller site | date=21 May 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2016&boundary=C03736V04484&guid=4c07d11e-2165-851d-e053-ca3ca8c0ca7f&theme=1 | title=Interactive Data Visualisations &#124; CSO Ireland }}</ref>

County Longford has the highest Traveller percentage rate for the 0-24 age group, of any Irish county, at 5%, followed by County Galway at 3%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.universityofgalway.ie/media/healthpromotionresearchcentre/hbscdocs/nationalreports/2020---NR---Young-Trevellers-in-Ireland.pdf|title=Figure 2: Geographic Distribution Rate of Travellers aged 0-24 in 2016|publisher=[[Central Statistics Office Census of Population]]}}</ref>