CULTURE Radio docs focus on Mayo Traveller community

TAKE PRIDE A new documentary series on Mayo Travellers will start on CRCfm during national Traveller Pride Week.

Radio docs focus on Mayo Traveller community


A three-part documentary series which gives a unique insight into the lives of Travellers will air on CRCfm (102.9 FM) on Monday evening next, June 25, at 8pm.
The series, which is funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Sound & Vision Fund will feature three 40-minute programmes that investigate a range of issues relating to the Traveller community in the Mayo region. Areas covered will include religion, traveller culture and perception of the community in general.
The series actively incorporates the Traveller community, both in the production and presentation of the series, and will give listeners a better understanding of the Traveller community general.
The series is produced by Ronan Courell from Castlebar, and he says that the programmes aims to educate the settled community on the various elements of traveller life in Ireland.
“In the main, [members of] the Traveller community are very much hands-on in the production of the programme, and I think that this is the first time that such an idea has surfaced. It makes for very interesting listening, and I hope that the general public will tune in.” The first programme will be aired at the tail end of Traveller Pride Week, which started yesterday (Monday) June 18 and runs until Tuesday, June 26. Events aimed at promoting the cultures, traditions and concerns of the Traveller community in Ireland are taking place right around the country. For more information, visit travellerprideweek.ie.