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Voice of the Traveller - April 2009 - Issue 69

Selected articles of the April 2009 issue of Voice of the Traveller. Click on the images to either see the front page of our selected edition or read an article:

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Voice of the Traveller April 2009 Front Page In this issue:
Keeping the crafts alive - A look at one of our most cherished trades and the Travellers who maintain it
The Big Debate: Do Travellers marry too young?
A Royal Surprise: Dame Bridie Jones
Joe Duffy... Brewing up a storm
Horsing around at Smithfield

Voice of the Traveller April 2009 - Do Travellers marry too young? Do Travellers marry too young?
Among Travellers, weddings between young couples are still very common. Voice of the Traveller opens its pages to differing voices in the community on this controversial question...
Voice of the Traveller April 2009 -  The Royal Treatment The Royal Treatment
It's a long journey from Moate to meeting a monarch - but Traveller rights campaigner Bridie Jones completed that trip when she received her MBE from the British Queen at Buckingham Palace.
Voice of the Traveller April 2009 -  Horsing Around Horsing Around
At the famous Smithfield Market
Voice of the Traveller April 2009 -  Irish Travellers and the Troubles Irish Travellers and the Troubles
Over 3,000 people lost their lives during three decades of what was called the 'Troubles'. A fascinating new report shows that Travellers were not unaffected.
Voice of the Traveller April 2009 - Wedding-Profile Wedding profile
This month's featured wedding is Rita and Owen McDonagh who married on September 9, 2008 in Finglas.
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