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| Hope this isn't seen as being too far removed from the general interest here . http://www.nature.com/articles/srep42187 The upshot of the study is that the Irish travellers are of Irish descent , closely resembling the wider Irish population . There is no genetic connection to Roma travellers . The possible dating of the origin of the travellers used two different methods both agreed it was before the Great Famine of 1845-1852 .One method proposed a split approx 1200 yrs ago the other 360 yrs ago . Reply | with quote |  12th February 2017ce 20:58 4 replies: Re: Irish Travellers . (tjj) Re: Irish Travellers . (Markoid) Re: Irish Travellers . (spencer) Re: Irish Travellers granted ethnic status (tjj) |
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