Irish Traveller

For other uses of the term see Traveler.
Irish Travellers (Irish: Lucht siúil) are an itinerant people of Irish origin living in Ireland, Great Britain and the United States. It is estimated that 25,000 Travellers live in Ireland, between 200,000 and 300,000[1] in Great Britain, and 7,000 in the United States [2].
They refer to themselves as "Pavees". In Irish, Travellers are called an Lucht siúil (literally "the people of walking"). Many non-Pavee people (or "Buffers", sometimes "Rooters"[citation needed]) still use the term 'tinkers' [3] from the Irish tincéirí, sg. tincéir or "tinsmith." Rarely, Travellers were referred to as the "Walking People" by English speakers in Ireland. Other names are also used (see below).