Do Irish people travel a lot?
Do Irish people travel a lot? Ireland is the most globe-trotting nation on the planet, according to data based on holiday bookings to 170 countries. Research looking at overseas and domestic holiday bookings since 2014, and calculated per head of population, found people living in Ireland to be the most travelled.
Are Irish travellers like gypsies?
Irish Travellers are sometimes mistakenly called gypsies. They have no genetic relation with the Roma people. In Ireland Travellers were also commonly known as tinkers, derived from the sound their tools made hitting metal when many Travellers worked as tinsmiths.