Sunday, September 29, 2002

Irish Travelers in the USA

Madelyne Toogood, the woman who was caught on video tape hitting a child, is a member of the American Irish Travelers (Travellers) community. Normally, I am not interested in a news story simply because it was caught on video tape, which is the only reason this particular incident was newsworthy. (Sadly, three incidents of child abuse are reported every ten seconds, according to the statistics page of Child Help USA - yet rarely do child abuse incidents make the news. ) However, the Irish Travellers angle is interesting, as I was not aware of their existence either in Ireland, or the United States.

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