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ISBN: 978-1-903582-67-1 (13-digit)
1-903582-67-9 (10-digit)
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The Outsiders
Exposing the Secretive World of Ireland's Travellers
Eamon Dillon

The Outsiders uncovers the secretive world of Irish travellers where prejudice, crime and a burning loyalty to family, clan, and tradition, has made the community ignore external influences.

Eamon Dillon investigates Irish travellers and their worldwide drive to succeed - a drive that has taken some traveller gangs into the realms of fraud, illegal boxing, home invasions, armed robbery and drug-dealing.

From Bejing to London, Dillon reveals illegal operations by successful Irish travellers, such as the Rathkeale millionaire traveller-traders, the Texan con-men and the cowboy builders that besiege UK home-owners.

Dillon also exposes another side to life as an Irish traveller, where traveller-on-traveller crime is a major problem and murderous feuds can claim the lives of innocent travellers.

Of an estimated 50,000 Irish travellers worldwide, some will always refuse to bend to the rules of society because they are the Outsiders.