As part of Heritage Week 2024, Pavee Point hosted ‘In Conversation with photographer Derek Speirs’, to discuss the collaboration between him and Pavee Point for the last almost 40 years! Opening the event, Martin Collins, Co-Director of Pavee Point said ‘Derek has kindly donated thousands of photographs to Pavee Point. They are of really historical […]
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Pavee Point celebrates Heritage week 2024 through an exhibition of photos of Travellers from the 80s and 90s by photographer Derek Speirs and explores important events in Traveller history over the last 40 years. (Photo above by Derek Speirs from Pavee Pictures) Exhibition Pavee Pictures – 19 – 25 August Visit our centre in North […]
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The Annual Traveller Pride Awards had a distinct influence from the West and North of Ireland this year, with winners coming for the first time from counties Tyrone and Donegal, while civil rights activist, Bernadette McAliskey, was included as one of the guest presenters. Several individuals from Galway and Mayo were recognised this year, while […]
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Traveller Pride Week 2024 kicks off on May 20th and runs until the May 31st. There is a huge range of activities happening around the country from family fun days, Traveller living history, arts, music and more. You can find the programme of events here: https://www.travellerprideweek.org/ Traveller Pride Awards 2024: When: Thursday 23rd May What […]
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Pavee Point is delighted to share today our documentary Romani Kultura: Roma Voices in Ireland to mark International Romani Resistance Day On 16 May we remember this date in 1944, when Roma prisoners in Auschwitz Concentration Camp rose up against the Nazi authorities saving some lives in a brave show of resistance and resilience. Today […]
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“In the older years I’m very proud to be a grandmother, and a great grandmother, and to pass some of the knowledge that I know about Travellers on to the younger generation as well. “I see a big difference. The young Traveller women years ago did not have nearly enough of what the young Travelling […]
read more →Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre welcomes today’s launch of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Equality Review of local authority Traveller Accommodation Programmes. “This Equality Review highlights the importance of an intercultural approach to the provision of Traveller accommodation where Traveller culture and identity is respected,” said Ronnie Fay, Co Director, Pavee Point. […]
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Food and what we eat defines so much about us as people, our culture, our history, it helps create connections and nourishment and it shapes the cities we live in. Pavee Point fed into this year’s Eat the Streets festival (excuse the pun) with Traveller women talking about some Traveller food traditions. Listen here to […]
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Pavee Point was delighted to be part of the launch of #HeritageWeek21 thanks to our ‘Pavee Roads Home‘ project. Speaking at the launch Heritage Minister Malcolm Noonan, TD highlighted: “This year’s National Heritage Week, focuses on encouraging the inclusion of as many people as possible in exploring, sharing and enjoying Ireland’s diverse heritage. Chief Executive […]
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The craft of Traveller tinsmithing is being highlighted as part of National Heritage Week 2020. The National Heritage Week website features two videos on the craft. The Pavee Point video shows a recent initiative to pass on the skills of tinsmithing. The second video from the National Museum of Ireland features footage from the 1960s […]
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On Poetry Day (30 April) we are reproducing a poem ‘The Lane’ by Traveller poet Helen Hutchinson. Photo: Helen Hutchinson reading her poetry at the Lived Lives exhibition, Pavee Point 2015. Photo by Derek Speirs.
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As we go through this Covid19/Coronavirus crisis, thank you for your show of solidarity with Travellers and Roma on Wednesday 8th of April – International Traveller & Roma Day. This crisis presents extra challenges for many Travellers and Roma who live in already vulnerable situations in cities and in rural settings around the country. Overcrowding […]
read more →Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December — the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) Human rights are relevant to all of us, every day Our shared humanity is rooted in these universal values Equality, justice and freedom prevent violence and sustain peace Whenever […]
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Travellers hold the key to finding solutions when it comes to their own mental health – a new Traveller art exhibition on Traveller mental health shows. ‘Unpacking Traveller Mental Health’ is an exhibition developed by Traveller Primary Health Care projects in the Eastern Region Traveller Health Unit to highlight the stresses and strains that make up […]
read more →‘Unpacking Traveller Mental Health’ is an immersive and multi-sensory approach to highlight the various dimensions that impact on Travellers’ mental health. The Process Drawing on the work from Syrian-born artist and architect Mohamad Hafez in his exhibition ‘Unpacked: Refugee Baggage’, this event uses traditional Traveller ‘grub-boxes’ to explore the individual, social and structural dimensions that […]
read more →Culture Night was an enjoyable event for everyone as visitors discovered new and interesting things about Traveller and Roma way of life. (Photos by Derek Speirs) Life on the Road Traveller staff from Pavee Point spoke about life on the road and what life was like for Traveller women in the old days. People learned […]
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