Irish traveller surnames

[Buna]

You should be looking at the original surnames as Gaeilge/in Irish! The travellers had their own version of course but if they are Irish travellers and not gypsies then there should not be 'j,k,q,w,x,y,z' in the original name. E.g. king is normally mac an rí 'son of the King', Burke is 'de burca'. You should understand that names were anglofied and letters like v came from 'bh' etc. if you don't bother to look up the Irish alphabet then all this is is a guessing game.

[Buna]

Also traveller names change depending on the county, Ward is a huge one in connacht but in Munster it is not seen as a travellers name. Burke is seen as a traveller name in parts of munster but a very common surname in connacht with no traveller connection.

[maggbill]

Sorry to be dumb - but can someone tell me the actual "definition" of a "Pav"  What is a Pav - an Irish traveller?  is it a name/description which is accepted or not ?? 

[Cheekychops]

After doing my Ancestry DNA it has opened up a whole new part of my heritage I never really knew existed. I have matches with not just Romany links but possible Irish travellers too.

I am relatively new too Romany/Irish traveller and searching which is not easy. As you can imagine I have a few surnames.

Melia-Co Mayo
Sharples- Co Galway
Oneill-Co Galway
Gehan-Co Antrim
Saunders-Co Mayo

Could any of these be Irish Travellers?

In U.K. around mostly Shropshire/Cheshire area names are

Parker-Shropshire
Simmons-Shropshire
Bradney-Shropshire
Jones-Shropshire
Smith-Cheshire
Twist-Cheshire
Pollard-Cheshire
Taylor-Cheshire

With so many DNA matches with multiple family names it’s mind blowing

[carolynb]

Hi
I have the names Purcell and Hunt both from the New Ross area in Co Wexford Michael Purcell has given his occupation as Tinker on his sons wedding certificate. Are Purcell or Hunt traveller/ tinker names.
I am a bit confused as I thought tinkers also moved from place to place but Michael Purcell had an address
Hope this makes sense
Thank you Carolyn

[conahy calling]

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ovs/

Census link lists people with occupation given as tinker.

[carolynb]

Hi
Thank you for the reply very interesting so quite a lot of Tinkers must have lived in one place. The date I have for the marriage is 1868  showing him as father of groom  he is not on the census returns for 1901/11. His son Martin Purcell is the one who’s marriage I have but he came to England with his wife Mary and one daughter Annie the rest of his children including his son James (my gt grandfather) were born in England. All had labouring jobs except one who was a cobbler.
Thank for your interest

[SAHM937]

Hello,
New to these threads and not entirely certain I am in the right area. I recently learned some of my family's surnames on my maternal side and heard stories of a family member who was possibly a traveller or a gypsy. I am not certain of everyone's counties but I have information on a few.

Antrim, the names were Mullen, Gilpin
I also have ancestors with the surnames Hull, and Neal (changed from O'Neal) later. My grandfather (his mother was Neal) was born under the name Bentley but received his stepfather's last name of Butler.

[Redroger]

I understand Ayres is a gypsy surname, but is it Irish? Likewise Walsh and Troy.
Thanks