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VIDEO: "Myth Busters" - Deconstructing Myths About The Travelling Community

category dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | feature author Monday March 28, 2005 11:51author by Blanchardstown Traveller Development Group - (arranged and processed by kevin) Report this post to the editors

28 minute DivX film for you to download.

"Myth Busters" is a film which aims to challenge the myths around the Travelling Community. It is a Cultural Awareness project, produced by the Blanchardstown Traveller Development Group, in conjunction with 'Know Racism', the National Anti-Racism Awareness Programme. It is intended as an educational tool, attempting to dispel some common myths and prejudices.

It is just over 28 minutes long. The film is encoded in the DivX format, and is a 98 MB download. Realistically you will need a broadband connection to download it. DivX is a video compression tool. If you wish to view this video, you will need a DivX player. This is free, you can get it here for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, here for the Mac, or here for Linux.

To download the film, right click here and save the AVI file to your computer.

Fast Downloading Audio Only Version Here

The film is presented by Jemma Dinnigan who is a member of the Travelling Community. The four myths that are addressed in the film are Traveller Weddings, Halting Sites, Education, and Working for a Living. In each section, she talks to travellers, primarily from two halting sites in the Dublin 15 area, Morgan Place on the Navan Road, and St. Philomena's in Ballycoolin to the north of Blanchardstown. Travellers talk about their experiences relating to each of these myths.

For example, Margaret Hand from St. Philomena's site in Ballycoolin talks about the myth that "all Travellers live in dirty caravans on the site of the road. Their halting sites are always full of rubbish". Margaret responds: "After seeing St. Philomena's statue in Sligo, we decided to name the site after her. St. Philomena's Court has 5 detached bungalows which are all newly built. In St. Philomena's Park there are about 10 bays altogether. There's a pre-school here for children between 2 and 5 years. As well as that, a caretaker lives on site and he's a Traveller himself. He's responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the site, so there's a high standard of care here." In the film, you can see how well both halting sites are maintained.

Christine Collins is a student in St. Dominics College in Cabra, just off the Navan Road. She responded to the myth of Travellers not caring about getting on in education or not being interested in learning. "I want to go on to study Accountancy in Trinity College Dublin. Business Studies is my favourite subject but I have to get through secondary school first though! I'm studying 13 subjects for my Junior Cert, so its very stressful! I think more Travellers are staying in school longer because they want to get good jobs. A few of my relations went onto third level so it definitely runs in the family."

For more information on Myth Busters, or if you would like a copy of the film on DVD for a screening, you can contact the Blanchardstown Traveller Development Group, on (01) 8207812, or by post at Parslickstown House, Ladyswell, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15.

Other Traveller-related articles on Indymedia Éire:
Irish travellers and their association with Roma Gypsies
Lessons from Dunsink Traveller Protest
Travellers take to the streets
Traveller Accommodation Crisis
Ireland gives a summer welcome to Citizen Traveller - yet again.

Related Link: http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=opensource_movies&collectionid=BlanchardstownTravellerDevelopmentGroupMythBusters

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author by Blanchardstown Traveller Development Group - (arranged and processed by kevin)publication date Sun Mar 27, 2005 19:34author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Some more images from the film

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author by Blanchardstown Traveller Development Grouppublication date Sun Mar 27, 2005 19:36author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Some more images from the film

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author by Noise Hackerpublication date Mon Mar 28, 2005 17:58author address author phone Report this post to the editors

(Right Click – Save Target As)
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/myth_busters.wma
Format: .wma (Window Media Audio)
File Size: 4Mb
Track Length: 28:07

- Download Time with a 56K modem: Not Long!
- Makes for a nice radio listening piece.

Audio of “Myth Busters”
Audio of “Myth Busters”

author by Conorpublication date Tue Mar 29, 2005 14:07author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Nice one Kev. Keep up the good work.

author by Xpublication date Fri Apr 01, 2005 06:22author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Its great to see video on Indymedia.

author by aoifepublication date Fri Apr 01, 2005 23:30author email aoifeeos at hotmail dot comauthor address author phone Report this post to the editors

Just watched your programme - very interesting and makes you think. Just wanted to say well done on all your hard work - the interviewer was excellent and it was great that everyone was so relaxed and at ease being interviewed.

I reckon you should try to do a few shorts and get RTE to put them on, would make people think.

PS: loved the singing.

author by redjadepublication date Wed Apr 06, 2005 20:34author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Just now bumped into in on the net....

→Traveller Evictions in the UK 2004

A compilation film bringing together footage from different Traveller site evictions in the UK, narrated primarily by the voices of Travellers themselves.

http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=opensource_movies&collectionid=newtravellers

Additional info
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/07/294587.html

from the video
from the video

author by Travispublication date Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:26author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I have another couple of films i can recommend to show a true insight into the travelling community.
Fighting Irish 1& 2
And Bareknuckle Knockouts.
Both are available on e-bay for 20 quid.

author by gerrypublication date Mon Apr 11, 2005 14:00author address author phone Report this post to the editors

One of the extortionists who works the building sites actually sells DVDs of the fights.

author by Sivartpublication date Mon Apr 11, 2005 14:34author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Has anyone else heard that settled people tolerated a culture where priests were allowed rape kids for over five decades? Apparently they used to make joke about it!

author by fureypublication date Wed Aug 17, 2005 14:55author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The popular scenic beauty spot in Roscommon, Lough Key has just been trashed. No one has been (or will be) prosecuted.

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