Irish Travellers, living conditions in well Park, Galway 1978

Frontline’ investigates the problems facing Traveller families housed on local authority sites. Reporter Michael Ryan visits the authorised corporation caravan park at Well Park in Galway.

[@HerbertSwales]

Don't think I will book that site

[@TRADINGMAN1]

The council man at the end is an arrogant little fella 🤔

[@eamonngreene7594]

Horrible little ###@

[@hector7187]

That's John Francis king. He used to be mayor of Galway.

[@sharenerobertson5574]

What these folk see as piles off rubbish! We see as money, especially back in them days, we could turn anything into 👛 .... One man's rubbish another man's treasure, my granda would say,

[@gilactico]

Must have been an awful existence.That councillor fella didn't give 2 feics about them anyway id say.

[@davidbarnes241]

Typical behaviour of the lowest level of society, have too many children, don’t educate them, allow them to vandalise, then move to another place and demand more help.

[@davidbarnes241]

@lyassmith9620
Learn to speak English!
This is the issue with the traveller/gypsy community, they don’t value education 👌