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VIDEO: "Myth Busters" - Deconstructing Myths About The Travelling Community dublin |
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 Monday March 28, 2005 11:51 by Blanchardstown Traveller Development Group - (arranged and processed by kevin)
 28 minute DivX film for you to download.
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:
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"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.
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Jump To Comment: 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1The popular scenic beauty spot in Roscommon, Lough Key has just been trashed. No one has been (or will be) prosecuted.
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!
One of the extortionists who works the building sites actually sells DVDs of the fights.
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.
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
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.
Its great to see video on Indymedia.
Nice one Kev. Keep up the good work.
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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”
Some more images from the film
Some more images from the film