List of Irish Travellers

This page makes mention of prominent individuals of Irish Traveller descent.

List of Irish Travellers

• Johnny Doran was one of the most influential uilleann pipers in the history of Irish music, active during the first half of the 20th century.
• John O'Donnell, boxer
• Tyson Fury, boxer
• Bartley Gorman was the "king" of the gypsies and undefeated bareknuckle boxing champion until his death in 2002.
• Francie Barrett has been a professional boxer since August 2000, and now fights at light welterweight, out of Wembley, London.
• Paddy Keenan, piper, is a foundational member of the Bothy Band in the 1970s and a key figure in the transition of Irish traditional music into the world of Celtic-dominated music. He comes from a family of Traveller musicians and is perpetually on tour across much of the United States and Europe.
• John Reilly was a traditional Irish singer and source of songs. On Planxty's 2004 music album Live at Vicar Street, Christy Moore mentions hearing Reilly sing for the first time and calls it a "life changing" experience, going on to dedicate the song "As I Roved Out" to his memory.
• Brendon Fearon, career criminal in Nottinghamshire and major player in the attempted robbery of Tony Martin's farmhouse which left Fearon's partner, 16 year old Fred Barass, also a Traveller, dead, and Fearon wounded, after the homeowner shot the intruders.
• Margaret Barry was a Traveller from Cork who became a well-known name on the London folk scene in the 1950s, with her distinctive singing style and idiosyncratic banjo accompaniment.
• Pecker Dunne is a well known Traveller and singer from County Wexford, Ireland.
• Michael Gomez, a professional boxer based in Manchester, England, was born to an Irish Traveller family in County Longford.
• Wayne Dundon, gang leader and convicted criminal.
• Shayne Ward, singer and former winner of X Factor, whose parents are Irish travellers who settled in England.
• John Paul Morris, social worker/radio personality.
• Patrick "Paddy" Doherty, a former bare-knuckle boxer. He is best known as one of the interviewed Irish Travelers in My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2011 (UK).