Marrying My 1st Cousin | My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding | FULL EPISODE | OMG

In this episode we witness a community at a cross roads, as the battle to preserve the gypsy and traveler way of life intensifies.
Will the future tear their culture apart, or do they have a place together in the modern world?
17 year old Irish traveler Freda is planning her hen-do and wedding. Having moved from a sit when she was two years old, she has grow up happily alongside non-travelers in a quiet street in Wrexham. But she feels strongly about maintaining her traveler roots and once she is married intends to go traveling in the caravan that is waiting in the front garden.
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[@Mrs_Green125]

How can you say being gay,leabian,or bi, is "evil" but can marry your first cousin 🤔 🙈 I respect what traveler's stand for you should be able to live your life the way you want, where you want,but don't then go around judging the rest of the worlds beliefs.....then ask others to accept yours...

[@anthonyhassett]

On the halting site, Love can be hard to be found, But when you are brother and sister, Where is the harm?

[@kyhana9669]

@@anthonyhassett if you pro create all that “harm” will most definitely show in your offspring 😂😂

[@anthonyhassett]

@@kyhana9669 it's just easier for remembering birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and the date of flailing the cousin who didn't marry her with the pickaxe handle.

[@dianestevens2659]

@@anthonyhassett the children can be born with all sorts of genetic problems

[@shannonfbc1]

Because incest is all through the bible as being acceptable practice lol

[@portofthoughts4477]

Sometimes I feel sad I grew up poor with a single mom but then I see "marrying my first cousin" and I realize I didn't grow up THAT poor 😂

[@Musical_Pigeon]

That's kind of what I was thinking. Every time I see an episode of this and it's a close family member I think about the time I was on Facebook in school and a friend saw a picture of my second cousin not knowing who he was and joked I should ask him out. I said "well, he's my cousin, second cousin, but still no. That's gross and he's a douche." I'm the second youngest of all my cousins the closest one in age to me that isn't a sibling of mine is in her late 30's iirc, and I'm 22. So it's a bit of a gap.

[@DustyAssStar]

Hahahahaha

[@Niki-xr6cw]

I know 😂Just awful that children even toddlers are forced to endure such injustice though ,it was their land ,they purchased it ,yet where evicted from it . Really unjust evicting the, from their own land ,then complaining about them camping on parks etc .

[@Niki-xr6cw]

They purchased the land and where evicted from it ,and I bet they where not compensated for everything taken from them . That is just plain wrong ,then folks complain when they end up forced to move onto commons ,car parks and parks .

[@yourbrudacloseyourleggsss]

these comments are evil you country people are so nasty we never did nothing to yas

[@gooberbeans7972]

It's the complete contradiction from arriving to your wedding in a Rolls Royce only to live in a trailer in your parent's backyard

[@ovrurhed0yezir]

Ya but the only thing those pple really go big for are parties. So they go all out. They'd rather party big then live big

[@Liljenbergful]

If you walk around a Town hurling homophobic abuse you have no right to demand 'respect'.

[@annepickens2042]

THANK YOU

[@debbieparadis5885]

Yes, that's correct, but it works both ways. There is no room for hate or vitriol in this world, there is more than enough of it already, and yes, respect is earned, one cannot command it, unless through fear, and intimidation, but of course, that's not the way to go, earning it is so much better.

[@geminienigma4421]

@@debbieparadis5885 utter shit.

[@debbieparadis5885]

@@geminienigma4421 Hmm, what part, where I said respect is earned, or that it has to work both ways?

[@mysticmama_3692]

You know....what I saw was them being jeered at FIRST with RACIST slurs against them being Gypsy, and then they half-heartedly hurled slurs back at that group of men jeering at them. Don't skew things to fit your own narrative. Context always matters.

[@robinnantz1936]

how can they pay that much for a wedding then live in a dump.

[@yourbrudacloseyourleggsss]

its not a dump you gorja people are stupid😂

[@Gemini-horrorchannel]

Some are hard-working people, and then most of the travelers are gypsies are scammers. Why do people think they travel across the country? They scam them many, many ways.

[@Cloudsouth]

Because they live that way out of choice. Plus it works the other way around, they can afford to spend excessively BECAUSE they live the way they do. Their living costs are NOTHING compared to the average household standard.

[@MrEpicSK]

After watching a few of these documentaries and from my personal experience, ive come to the conclusion that whilst travellers are treated unfairly at times they do seem to have a sense of entitlement which really doesn’t help their cause. They should be allowed to live in their caravans if they so choose but they seem to think that they also have the right to pitch up wherever they want and the ones that have done that in the area I grew up in always trashed the place and left. Furthermore, I have seen so many acting like the rules don’t apply to the them both in these shows and in real life but then they wonder why people don’t like them at times

[@myotiswii]

Also that they were annoyed that a bunch of police showed to their faire. Yes, its a huge crowd of people. Police literally have to be at every bigger event and gathering, except when organizers have cared to hire security and staff themselfes (which clearly wasnt the case here)

[@anthonyhassett]

Are Travellers treated harshly? In my opinion "YES but dont they deserve it?". I mean the state of them. Rubbish, fighting, animal cruelty, destruction of private property theft, lack of hygiene. Are they treated unfairly, in respect of their behaviour then no.

[@Avasmommy11509]

I've had many encounters and across several states and every one of them swindled and robbed every chance they got

[@Avasmommy11509]

there's a reason they have the reputation and are "picked on" 🙄 they want to live without paying for land taxes, rent, income taxes but want free benefits

[@babyfisherfan111]

@@Avasmommy11509 u cant class all travellers as the same though just bcuz u had bad encounters with some travellers doesnt mean there all like that ofc some of them r like that but u cant say that all travellers deserve to be "picked on" or treated harshly when they haven't done anything wrong, in every ethinic group and country there r bad people/ rude people . For example if multiple people from a certain country where rude to u or did something seriously wrong u wouldn't say that every person from that country is like that bcuz its simply not true so u cant just say that about all travellers either

[@TheCasimir94]

I love how every episode evolves around "we're not bad" yet so many of the men have been to prison and cant say what they do for a living 😁 irony is lost on travelers i guess

[@Awgang1991]

Yet no one gives them a chance to earn a decent living …ironic isn’t it…maybe lost on you?

[@josie.murden]

@@Awgang1991 not surprised when they start fights

[@lovinglifewitheli]

Part of the reason they can’t say is because if the boss finds out they get fired. They explain it in one episode

[@yerro504]

And they’re marrying their 1st cousins, completely wreck every single venue that allows them in, their front yards are filthy, and are judgemental of everyone who’s not a traveller

[@reality_is_the_key]

​@@Awgang1991Being uneducated, half dressed, and acting like they do, why would anyone hire them to represent their business? No self respecting, hard working business owner would hire them. I wouldn't hire any of them to shovel my goats manure.

[@stonersiren]

that random side story about the eviction was like a whole other show, when they cut back to the bride i forgot it was supposed to be about cousin marriage lmao

[@zoeerickson9402]

There’s a lot to say about this, but I really liked the kid explaining his suit. “Me mum got it out, she’s brilliant with stains 😊”

[@bekabeano]

There's not enough hippies to save our lives 😂 absolutely the best line 😂

[@smokehouse4469]

As a hippy I approve this message lmaoo

[@Rummagelady86]

Where's the time stamp on that?

[@georginacat7667]

37:00

[@Rummagelady86]

@@georginacat7667 ty

[@swampophelia2098]

Smelly activists don’t ever help anything

[@smhatheworldwelivein]

Who else loves The narrator's voice

[@codielennox2998]

Isn't it the best!

[@Scoffatakie]

Me 🥰

[@eleonoralotoahea805]

makes it worth watching lol,,, m literally watching this rn at work LOL

[@mascara1777]

it's so calming

[@sunniallwein86]

I want a sleeping/relaxing video of her reading a bedtime story. Her voice reminds me of the show narrator from the tv bridgerton.

[@jackieholmes8098]

The problem with marrying one’s first cousin is the possible genetic anomaly.

[@anthonyhassett]

Take that idea and apply it over 30 generations of inbreeding.

[@nunyabeewax9894]

Exactly but no one's pointing that out. Wonder how married life in a small RV with special needs children will work out

[@anthonyhassett]

It's not the marrying first cousins that is bad, it's when you marry your second cousin this compounded over multiple generations is much worse.

[@ash-zd7je]

the problem with marrying your first cousin is that they are your first cousin like???

[@anthonyhassett]

@@nunyabeewax9894 Going to a Tinkers grave yard should tell you all you need to know. Massive infant mortality. Very sad.

[@krisb8569]

Its disgusting that such young children are encouraged to dress and dance like strippers. Horrible

[@applegreenviolet]

Absolutely agree

[@katemarchant6507]

I live in a small Market Town in the North East and every year we get groups of travellers stopping on their way to appleby. I’d like to say there are no issues but last year there were instances of assault that landed a few people i know into hospital, muggings and SA on young women in the town. Although i don’t think all of the Gypsy culture is bad i definitely think they have a reputation for being rowdy and destructive for a reason

[@anthonyhassett]

Reinforcing gypsy stereotypes, typical.

[@batmoon5675]

@@anthonyhassett She just wrote what she experienced

[@atyourservicedog]

@@anthonyhassett She has every right to state her factual experience without being called prejudiced. She was clear it’s not all of them, but there is a group that cause the problems for all of them. The best thing would be the travelers policing their own and letting people heal and put it behind them. Problems can’t be fixed if they aren’t acknowledged.

[@cherrytraveller5915]

@@anthonyhassett unfortunately you do get a few bad apples that give everyone else a bad name. A few years ago there was a travelling family here in NZ. They left a trail of destruction in their wake. Because of their behaviour it is not to hard to believe that there are many others like that.

[@raenfairy]

@@anthonyhassett Sweetheart they reinforce those stereotypes themselves.

[@mononykus8012]

All the violence could be avoided if their community just bought their own plot of land. Like it would be so much easier to buy a neighbouring farm then set up their caravans there. Then legally they'd be fine

[@mizmilz6153]

$$ goes to over the top dresses and weddings parties

[@anthonyhassett]

Violence is part of the community, it defines them. No you can't just buy a farm and set up a halting site. You need planning permission. Locals would never agree to it.

[@pkk639]

@Anthony planning permission and they'd have to use legally qualified professionals to build and get them onto the grid instead of bodging it themselves - they wouldn't spend their money on that not to mention they'd then have to pay council tax and show the tax man how they make their money to afford all that which means paying NI aswell as tax on their earnings which they would never do and then ontop of that, the work they illegally do would have to have the minimum business and liability insurance which they would never pay for nor could they get as they have zero qualifications, zero skill/training and I don't imagine site safety is at all relivant to them so wouldn't even pass the minimum site inspection for work to be carried out. THAT'S why they have so much money as they do nothing legally and are virtually untraceable as they have no permanent address, they aren't registered anywhere and fly under the radar.

[@anthonyhassett]

@@pkk639 The only time travellers engage the services of solicitors is when they use free legal aid and are referred to as the defendants.

[@anthonyhassett]

There is no evidence that halting sites prevents violence. In factmost fights are settled on halting sites.

[@BeaEss]

I do feel sorry for them but the law applies to every single person in the country. It's a shame the older ones aren't telling the little ones that instead of telling them it's only happening because they're hated.

[@k_j_n1242]

Well said.

[@Demonoicgamer666]

They could just follow the rules

[@mcquinnswife]

If you can't tell they're Gypsies from their clothing, you can always tell when they start to dance. ALL the women do the exact same one dance move!! Hahaha

[@anthonyhassett]

Or you will always hear them before you see them. Then there is the associated drama

[@dianestevens2659]

They dance in that disgusting way, even little girls

[@RuthFoster-ev4he]

I commented on another video and said they all have neurological problems and it comes out when they dance...they be having seizures😂😂

[@TyB211]

Thelma is very sweet advocating for travelers but it's not all racism people don't want trash all over their business or cops everywhere because of fights and violence. That's why they are forced from places. It's almost like travellers don't see the crap they bring to places.

[@SaraLovesUbb]

Exactly. It’s not all racism. I’ve seen many comments & stories about hotel staff who have had to clean TRASHED rooms or restaurant staff who have had tables utterly ruined, trash & food smeared everywhere. It seems like that’s sort of a trend wherever they go. Not all of them but enough to make people uneasy at certain professional establishments.

[@pkk639]

Its not racism full stop!!!! They behave disgracefully, they are pathetic with their constant cries of victimhood and bullying!!!

[@anthonyhassett]

Thelma is very smart she has her corner on her niche of the market. She charges an arm and a leg because no one else will put up with traveller crap of abuse and not paying. Travellers are her golden goose to milk because nobody else wants to handle them. The stupid virtue signallers on the site have either no business experience or life experience for that matter.

[@katc899]

They say they dont want to be settled in a house because of their culture of travelling but then they want to stay on a permanent trailer site where they arnt travelling....everything they say is a contradiction.

[@anthonyhassett]

@@katc899 But they are first on the council housing list ahead of tax payer. We need to seriously address how tax is both collected and spent.

[@frankiefranklin9761]

I try not to be biased and there's definitely travelers who are good people. But as a group they make it hard to like them. Leaving rubbish after leaving a site is a big one.

[@N0N4M30]

Did you forget all the animal abuse ? Why is no one helping the animals

[@gratefulmomma4207]

My mom said when she was a kid you would have to put up everything in your yard or the gypsies would take it and then try to sell it back to you.

[@N0N4M30]

@@BabsChannel well I’ve been watching many docus about them and I have yet to see one where they do not mistreat and abuse their animals.. it’s so disgusting how they mistreat their horses and so on

[@BabsChannel]

@@N0N4M30 It's called daytime television, my dear.

[@lillyflower1415]

I do understand that but heck I know people not gyspy or travelers that leave heaps of crap when they move out of place too so idk the fighting is only thing I can think be worse

[@vertexzi]

Why are all the girls aged 3+ constantly gyrating in these videos? Every single one is dancing the same dance

[@valhipkiss4011]

I don’t think city people hate travellers , I think it’s the filth they leave behind at all the places they park , if they took all the filth to the dump , when they moved on , the respect would grow .

[@lydiat.721]

I am confused. It shouldn't matter how a woman dances or what clothes she wears, but it doesn't feel good. I feel uncomfortable seeing little girls dressed like that and dancing like that. Most would say that the women dress "sexy" and dance sexually too, and the little girls do the same. That feels wrong, even though it shouldn't matter.

[@Demonoicgamer666]

If you don’t own the land you can’t complain when you’re evicted. They act like gypsys don’t have rights because they’re kicked out of places because they don’t follow the rules.

[@tinabilledeaux7033]

"There's not enough hippies to save our lives!..." What little Mary said! The little ones are so dang adorable!

[@janececelia7448]

They're no more adorable than any kid.

[@anthonyhassett]

Give them a few years and they will be as welcome as a dose of the pox

[@randomunicorn1578]

I'm wondering where all the money comes from. These weddings must cost thousands!

[@anthonyhassett]

So would the department of Social Protection and the revenue commissioner. Answers on a postcard to.......

[@Gemini-horrorchannel]

They scam a lot why do people think that they travel around the country? Usually they don’t do their taxes and they also just scam people.

[@candykane4271]

Shame, there are horrors that can result from marrying cousins.

[@marywrenn5262]

Sadly the dale farm situation was avoidable. The site had a certain amount of permanent plots approved. In the end they had something like a thousand people living their on illegal plots. The neighbours house had complained also due to the back of his home becoming a dumping ground and he was unable to sell. He received death threats. They were asked to downsize back to the original plots. It went through to the court of appeals. It was quite a mess. And I believe the trouble makers at eviction weren't the people living there, but the activists who blew up petrol tanks, threw rocks etc. It's terribly sad for the good families that lived there. All be it, it was illegal, they weren't terrible people. You can have empathy for those families.

[@anthonyhassett]

Whose fault was that? The tinkers or the council for letting it get that far?

[@leannerose9988]

Did that person actually say “they’re not from the local area, they’re Irish” im gobsmacked.

[@anthonyhassett]

It's a "fools pardon", an excuse given by a fool and accepted by a fool. A bit like Homer Simpson s "it takes two people to tell a lie, one to tell it and another to believe it."

[@anthonyhassett]

The Irish part is a stupid diversity thing where they claim to be a minority to get EU grants.

[@l0veLY111]

I have nothing against travellers I’ve never hated them and always told my family to be more respectful towards them but recently a lot of them had been stopping in areas extremely close to where I live. My area is probably the calmest in my town everyone knows everyone we all look after each other and it’s just a safe place so a lot of the time we don’t lock our doors when the travellers came we didn’t change anything until reports of assault happened to someone in our area they approached the guy and his dog told him to give the dog to them when the guy said no they started assaulting him and tried to take the dog obviously dog fought back so they kicked the dog a few times as well😢 there was also a report of a break in so after that we kept all our doors locked even if we were inside I’m not saying all travellers are like this but when they stay in our area our home, the ones I’ve encountered seem to think they own the place and steal and abuse it’s just not right :/

[@janececelia7448]

You like them until they come to your neighborhood. I don't think much of them either and where I live, they're not a problem b/c they don't exist. And I'm so grateful for that.

[@l0veLY111]

@@janececelia7448 it’s not even that I don’t like them when they come to my area I enjoy seeing the way they live it’s intriguing to me but I don’t appreciate that they aren’t respectful of peoples homes and the area they live

[@janececelia7448]

@@l0veLY111 I agree with you. I reckon they'd be an absolute nightmare to be around.

[@l0veLY111]

@@janececelia7448 yeah not the best we have quite a few ‘fieldy’ open space areas where I live as well so when they get kicked off one of them they just drive a few minutes down the road and stay at that one they stayed at about 8 different spots before they left which took a lot longer than it should have as the police struggled to get a removal permit for one of the areas

[@sarahoshea6358]

That’s the usual saying I don’t mind them but not in my backyard

[@Eppeh]

I live where Lee Gap Horse Fair is held, a similar traveller fair that happens twice a year. This year the land has been sold for development so it'll be the last time they're allowed on. They've already said they'll not leave afterwards and they'll just set up camp there. We always have ongoing issues around the fair time where a lot of travellers break onto land and leave it covered in waste, we've had dogs dumped, horses tethered everywhere, they run the carts/traps up and down the roads at high speed, and last year there was a shooting at our local pub and we had the police helicopter out for ages dealing with it. I know not all travellers are like this but until they start holding themselves accountable for many of their issues and stop the "us VS them" mentality no one will ever learn to live side by side. Respect is a two way street.

[@cyxap2024]

“ we aren’t as bad as they think we are” title of the video: “ Marrying my 1st Cousin! “

[@potentiallyvalid9906]

It always wonders me how travellers not seem to get the idea of owning the land vs not owning the land. If they wanna live together, why dont they just buy a piece of land and live on it?

[@anthonyhassett]

Complex question. They never adopted settled agriculture. They cannot get planning permission due to very legitimate objections.

[@potentiallyvalid9906]

@@anthonyhassett Who hands out those permissions and what legitimate objections?

[@anthonyhassett]

@@potentiallyvalid9906 County Council /Urban District Councils/ Corporations, IE local authority. Waste management, environmental concerns, facilities for horses and social concerns (IE keeping the peace)

[@alexg4936]

ok genius, it’s because they travel.

[@belle6219]

They love to plead innocence, but that doesn't make it so.

[@lexiaaforever437]

“I’d rather live in a trailer , in a house you don’t see nothing” Me: GIRL 😂 what are you talking about ?

[@juniperluniper]

In a trailer you can travel and see different places, in a house you can’t?

[@1dforlife333]

The brides voice is so beautiful and calming I love it she’s so kind and lovely 🥺🥰

[@ukmary1968]

Someone made a valid point. How can you live in that little trailer with all those kids? Where does everybody sleep?

[@TheSaltySiren]

I had to laugh when the Cousin Groom’s face was blurred out. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@anthonyhassett]

If you find a way to unblur it both revenue and department of social welfare would love to see his face and pair it with his tax number

[@chelsea-qf1mx]

@@anthonyhassettracist as fuck. grow up

[@starlooker6612]

They don't want their faces shown cause the police can identify them or it will interfere with their future scam victims.

[@KiaraWyBradford]

The bridesmaids are giving the stepsisters from Cinderella in those dresses and the hairstyles

[@yourbrudacloseyourleggsss]

what ever are you on about me girl

[@vickilewis6730]

I don't understand how the father's can allow their daughters out of the house in basically their their undergarments and then expect chastity.

[@meeeka]

Because mothers are supposed to look after the girls and fathers don't say much. And mothers, not well educated in much but how to marry young, either look at the girls with pity as they will be missing out on so much in their lives OR are teaching the girls how to catch husband, let them get away with the one thing the entire community has agreed upon. My friend wrote a book about them, the crazy demarcations in home life it reminded me of the Amish, Muslims or FLDS except those girls have to be kept dressed head to toe. She told me of one family who decided that their girls should cover up and finish high school and it was so strange to the community, they thought the girl was damaged somehow.

[@anthonyhassett]

You can look at the goods on offer but don't touch unless you are grabbing

[@BettyLucille]

Your chastity and character doesn’t come from what you wear. They can wear whatever they want and still be pure, good girls. Stop assuming all women who dress that way are out to get laid…idiot.

[@toebeans6568]

@michelle stein-evers frankl I'd love to read the book, can you post the Title/Author and where it can be bought?

[@SparkleLuna77]

Because sexual assault had nothing to do with what you wear. There was an exhibition showing what people wore when they were raped and the majority was normal clothes. I love jewellery but you wouldn’t blame the jewellery shop for having items on display if I stole it. We need to stop blaming people for ‘putting themselves at risk’ and start to put the emphasis on people that break the law and cause the assaults.

[@seyara1]

Always the victims...while ignorant of the impact their way of life has on established communities. The sense of entitlement is astounding.

[@MMPutnam77]

They say they are honorable but every other episode has several that are in jail for stealing, conning, etc.

[@ItsMeDarlaLee]

Omg the baby basically suffocating outside the church! I know they said it’s cold but the baby’s nose and mouth were covered! 9:59

[@vsbaretummysugastonguetech1540]

Why were Thelma, and her assistant thrown out of church? Idgi?

[@JandJRanch]

Designer evening wear hahahaha…one of the funniest lines!

[@Ruthlesscs]

That poor little girl was so cold 🙃

[@karielefler1012]

As an American I giggled at the “book a crook” signs on the police cars. 😝

[@aly5664]

How the Lord above do they think it's a great idea to marry their first cousin ?!

[@anthonyhassett]

Its quite simple, when your daughter gets married she goes to live with her husband and the family loses wealth but when its a cousin (gags), its not seen as, as bad. Now rinse ring and repeat over 30 generations and where does that get you genetically?

[@smhatheworldwelivein]

Oh my... her first cousin..oohf 🤯 I mean I knew they married in their families but I didn't realize they married first cousin

[@deborahwingard776]

😂

[@anthonyhassett]

They would marry their sisters if they could

[@anthonyhassett]

First cousins are the "best" cousins! 😜

[@Dove353]

I am just curious as to who in the family did you think they marry, if you are shocked by first cousins?

[@anthonyhassett]

@@Dove353 Well you can't be marrying outside the family......

[@rachealwilliams2387]

The only reason the councils want them in houses is because while they r living in there chalets and caravans the councils can't charge them COUNCIL TAX!! My brother isnt a traveller and bought his own land and built him and his family a cabin on the land and the council r trying to get them to move as at the moment they can't make them pay council tax as hes on his own land..... bloody councils and government piss me off the way they work.....SMH

[@pollypocket2282]

“There’s not enough hippies to save our lives.” 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@tinabilledeaux7033]

I know right!! So funny!

[@agds91078]

Thank you so much for sharing these videos with us. I have always been fascinated with the gypsy/travelers life.

[@Sobermamma86]

Omg me too I go down rabbit holes of gypsy videos it's so interesting to me

[@nicollange2551]

I completely understand, it’s borderline obsessive for me. I’ll spend hours watching videos and documentaries on gypsy culture

[@alchemyofcolorandstyle]

One more here joining the club! ❤️been following these videos for over 7 years now

[@kokipoki7]

i used to be until i encounter them at work everyday. (tanning salon) not all of them but most are rude, dirty, (don’t clean up after themselves) cause havoc with 15 people in this little salon bringing every kid they have and somehow wanting to tan a 12 yr old in a sunbed (i don’t allow it that’s illegal) anyways ya. idk why this popped up on my youtube but these videos make me not like them even more honestly

[@Star-hk4jt]

There's nothing fascinating about this culture

[@meganwilson6567]

The way they served the wedding cake omg

[@anthonyhassett]

You wouldn't see that behaviour from pigs at feeding time!!!

[@bekkes7923]

That was my favorite part are you kidding !😂

[@shannonlee3164]

I lived on and off in Ireland for many years, never heard of them called Gypsys, was always Tinkers. I just remember the mess they left when they leaved.

[@anthonyhassett]

Gypsies are usually referred to as "Roma". Irish travellers or tinkers are genetically different as they are the original Irish from the ice age. While they share many cultural traits (i.e. horse husbandry, trial by combat, nomad lifestyle, metal work and criminality) they are genetically different and they marry their own kin. This is why the the marriage in Peaky Blinders makes no sense as there would have been no Roma in Ireland until the 1990s

[@yanflaiano5911]

@@anthonyhassett 🤣 Gypsies arrived in Britain in 1460 ...

[@anthonyhassett]

@@yanflaiano5911 And? I said Irish Travellers and Roma gypsies are different. I am referring to something completely different and referencing the human genome study.

[@Starshine-qd1ir]

The way they dress those little girls is child abuse

[@smhatheworldwelivein]

So did anybody else notice that the water didn't even touch the little girl

[@mrsl8596]

Course not! They wouldn’t want to ruin their hair.

[@shez5964]

@@mrsl8596 Also no seat belt on as she was being driven to the church Seat belt marks might crease the dress.

[@anthonyhassett]

They are hydrophobic and have allergies to soap too.

[@mikebrosky795]

Can't care less what they do to people but the way they treat animals is fuckin savage

[@Hdgsgdhsh]

23:13 what the hell is going on here with these little girls acting like drunk college students 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@lastcarrwest9062]

For me to marry my cousin, I would have to be very desperate to get married.

[@rosaulibarri7979]

Forreal 🤣

[@k_j_n1242]

Not if he was the last man on earth 🤯

[@anthonyhassett]

"First cousins are best cousins"

[@anthonyhassett]

Don't worry about the mechanics of it. Traveller men would get up on anything

[@ukmary1968]

I still won't do it

[@SkySilver777]

Kinda funny how the English lady said "they dont own the land- there Irish!" when England has overtaken the top chunk of Ireland to the dismay of many native Irish. a bit ironic.

[@maireadpower6475]

👏👏💚

[@anthonyhassett]

That top chunk of land is covered by the GFA and is a different matter entirely. Don't assume that there will be a border pole anytime soon with the unification of the 6 counties to the republic.

[@ukmary1968]

Interesting indeed

[@JenJen-veritas1111]

And the English invaded Australia, slaughtered, enslaved and raped the aboriginals!

[@sharonwalsh8392]

I don't understand how they can be evicted from land that they own no one should have the right to throw someone off land that they own.

[@auroramichelle5450]

I think there are legally owned plots of land with the families that own them parked there. However, extended family comes and it becomes overcrowded with those people essentially squatting. I think I'm understanding it correctly. Like when people illegally rent out rooms in a proper house, they're squeezing in as many trailers and/or people as possible.

[@alientourist4171]

My husband who is Canadian was living in the UK he saw a stray dog so he flowed it. The dog ran to a gypsy site. He had quite a culture shock he couldn’t work out where he had stumbled into!!!

[@anthonyhassett]

He should have been grateful he got out with his life.

[@lottie-fj6yq]

@@anthonyhassett why are u being negative on like every comment

[@anthonyhassett]

@@lottie-fj6yq Where would you like to start? Massive history of causing personal pain and anguish to my family and community. Stole my childhood pets. Stole farm equipment, squatted, harassed and generally unsavoury characters. Haven't you learned that yet from the court notices in the regional papers?

[@lottie-fj6yq]

@@anthonyhassett yeah but what does that have to do with everyone else it’s their opinion and choice to like or dislike travellers. it’s based on their own experience not all travelers are the same lol

[@anthonyhassett]

​@@lottie-fj6yq Would you like to limit my ability to free speech? Everyone should make an informed decision, dont you think that is right. I dont want these videos taken down. That is true not all travellers are the same but the vast majority (source: Irish Prison Service and Pavee Point) show massive trends that prove stereotypes. 15% of the Irish Male Prison population are travellers. If you want to talk statistics with me I can quote them all day, you would be surprised what a little math and the ability to read a report can reveal.

[@idrttr.shannx]

no way people are calling this racism 💀… a traveler isn’t a race, get that right. it’s called discrimination/prejudice wtf😂

[@anthonyhassett]

You can call it "Pollywally dodall day" but there is no way travellers are getting served.

[@idrttr.shannx]

@@anthonyhassett what 💀

[@briguzzi]

@@idrttr.shannx ignore him he supports incest and defends homophobia💀

[@azurephoenix9546]

Traveler, being one, isn't a race but yes, each ethnic group of travelers are their own race. That's like saying Ashkenazi aren't jews because they're European.

[@God.firstx]

theres lots of different types of racism df💀..so u saying if someone called them a pikey thats not racist? but if one of them were to say the "N" word to a diff rase it is? cuz ofc the "N" word is mocking slavery and saying pickey is also mocking their culture df u on about girl💀😂

[@tommynantz4230]

It just looks so dirty.. who gets rid of their trash. Yes they clean but what about the outside, its dirty

[@catherineenglish9542]

These people are very clean and very proud . They often do not have a choice of encampment . They are a closed private culture . Just the fact that we can view this is big !!

[@pkk639]

@Catherine English they clean their caravans but shit outside of other people's home!! They have no toilets in their caravans and they have no wheelie bins - they dump on every tax paying, decent human being by leaving behind their filth - your council tax money goes on the big clean up after they are rightfully evicted. They don't care, they don't clean it up and they don't pay for it either - you and me do!! They have to be closed and private as they are criminals - no taxes, no insurance, no actual skills in the work they do so not only do they not have insurance, its dangerous. Sexual abuse is the highest amongst the traveller community aswell as domestic violence so of course they need to keep private!!!

[@anthonyhassett]

No they are filthy. They leave their filth after them for private contractors or the council.

[@reginafallangie2867]

39:30 “She’s my cousin gettin married”…Er, uh, don’t u mean, THEY’RE my cousinS gettin married, to each other”??😳

[@hannahnolan9829]

LITERALLY

[@claudiahdz20]

Maybe she’s only related to the girl from the opposite parent that’s makes her cousins to her groom if that makes sense

[@anthonyhassett]

Well they only marry within their own pool which is very small 50k in Ireland. Hence the travellers children's graveyard is full

[@anthonyhassett]

@@MeowCatTrio Yeah there is massive infant mortality. Poor diet, poor accommodation, genetic autoimmune disorders, accidents. Crazy life. Then for the adults there is cancer for women suicide for men. Not so many deaths from murder. Also infanticide is a thing.

[@firstlastname7437]

I don't think I have ever heard "There aren't enough hippies to save our lives !" at 36:54

[@alchemyofcolorandstyle]

Yeah that was something else!! 😆precious ❤️

[@burrell897]

Yea I was taken back

[@patricialong5767]

Its' very hypocritical that he threw the dressmakers out of the church! Shame on him!

[@dinnahenna4163]

Thelma should go live in rathkeale see how much she’d love it

[@anthonyhassett]

Like that is going to happen. She wants them to pay her and feck off, like any reasonable person would.

[@anthonyhassett]

Check out what happened in Rathkeale this week. "English gangs" according to the Irish media.

[@fairlyvague82]

Stop acting like dogs then 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@asbisi]

The suggestive dance moves, the revealing clothes - yet, they dance with such innocence.

[@GG-yn6jw]

Too! suggestive for these young girls even toddlers!!!

[@allisoncoe4287]

Marrying your cousin is desperation, not culture!

[@HiGlowie]

Next they’ll be saying beating their wives is “culture”

[@katherinebarrett6728]

If they are travelers, why don’t they wanna travel.

[@anthonyhassett]

They do travel, when the bailiff or tax inspector comes around they are gone like a shot!!!!!

[@katherinebarrett6728]

@@anthonyhassett says they have been there for 10years. That’s not really traveling. Lol

[@anthonyhassett]

@@katherinebarrett6728 Travellers are usually nomads, social welfare and free housing has made them soft as putty and they lost all their metal work skills.

[@katherinebarrett6728]

@@anthonyhassett So they only use the social conformity that works for them?

[@anthonyhassett]

@@katherinebarrett6728 yeah, they want it everyway.

[@beatriceportinari5773]

I don't understand... marrying a first cousin? Are they aware of the consequences of that act? Where I am from, it is advised not to marry third cousin, let alone a first.

[@floursandroses]

My uncle married his first cousin ( also my mom's 1st cousin) after my aunt passed away 2 years ago in Florida. Apparently it is legal there. Our entire family was absolutely appalled and disgusted. Him and my aunt who passed were my godparents. He never met his new wife/cousin until a family reunion a few months after my aunt passed. They were married 30 years. We think he had a mental breakdown in his grief. My aunt and uncle were true soul mates. I have never seen a couple more in love. Now noone has spoken with him and he still has yet to bring my aunts ashes up to PA, where we all are, to be buried in the cemetery plot that they purchased for him and my aunt before she passed away from complications from Lupus. Thankfully, him and his new wife are both over the childbearing age.

[@juliemclain5841]

At what age do men become beyond childbearing years??

[@anthonyhassett]

@@juliemclain5841 it's getting lower and lower with all the vaccines, sugar, herbicide, pesticides, radiation and medications. It's a wonder we are still alive.

[@SQUELCH-zj7il]

@@juliemclain5841 Sperm quality declines after 35

[@floursandroses]

@@juliemclain5841 She has already been through menopause and has her own children, plus a few grandchildren. She is in her late 50s. My uncle was never able to have children because my aunts disease made her infertile from the medication. He is a few years younger than her. However, since it takes 2 people to have a baby, being male and producing sperm is insignificant when considering the likelihood of them producing children.

[@brendasnow8255]

The problem with marrying a cousin is when the couple is young enough to have kids, because of the chances of the children being born with disabilities and other problems related to sharing genes.

[@bettymiller5845]

They'll have "odd" children that will do nothing but breed more "odd" children.

[@allisoncoe4287]

Look at the Irish episode!

[@toebeans6568]

Wow I can't imagine letting little girls dress like they were for the night before wedding party. Too many sickos in the world to be letting the little ones dress so scantily!

[@julietnony9267]

I think the locals and travelers are right. Not all travelers are bad but many engage in behavior THEY believe is normal and alright but to others is not. And locals have biases to ALL travelers because of the view who have given them a bad time. Both speak the truth on experience.

[@janececelia7448]

What does 'engage in behavior' even mean? I think you mean bad behavior, and no one should have to put up with that.

[@87clits]

They are all bad. What are you saying? Scummy grifters. They are just as scummy as the ones here in the US

[@anthonyhassett]

I don't think the laws of gravity should apply to me but funnily enough they do. Much the same as the law of the land applies to tinkers.

[@TheDocRitchie]

@@anthonyhassett well law is a human concept and gravity is a universal factor. false equivalence.

[@julietnony9267]

@@anthonyhassett it does apply and I think they should follow laws wherever they are. But that doesn’t stop MANY cultures from avoiding laws simply because it doesn’t fit into their traditions. I’m not saying it’s ok, I’m just saying it happens regardless of what we think.

[@pinknotthebarbie]

The land that they were evicted from is now waste land with the orignal Rubble still there , they could have left them there they now stay on the side of the road near by

[@Leelz247]

9 billion people on Earth to choose from but they're making the gene pool a gene puddle.

[@anthonyhassett]

Only 30k of them in Ireland. "Ow you doin', cousin?"

[@mkxv]

Can't this cause issues for any children they have? This is odd. Also why the hell didn't they put a coat on the baby!!!

[@anthonyhassett]

Yep the tinkers section in the grave yard is full of babies that died prematurely.

[@pamlawrence7565]

Where do they get all the money for these weddings???

[@anthonyhassett]

Robbin' and not paying tax

[@julietnony9267]

They also have a lot of generational wealth. Same as non traveler families they pass the money down generations, and because of dowry’s it’s only really spread thru travelers and stays in their community.

[@anthonyhassett]

@@julietnony9267 Generational wealth? They never had any money until the 90s. Everyone knows that saving money is for saps. Institutions pay 0%interest and the ECB lends at about 3% as of the other day.

[@julietnony9267]

@@anthonyhassett I simply mean these people have been around for 500+ years all the while keeping to themselves. Sure they sold things and traded but I don’t think they were ever giving away large amounts of money unless they needed to. All their money has been circled thru their community for generations

[@anthonyhassett]

@@julietnony9267 how would they generate this wealth as they have no visible property and no special skill set.

[@annieseaside]

I will never get over the dichotomy: Virgins… Allowed, encouraged to dress as street walkers in the shortest tightest dresses. smh

[@fairlyvague82]

There’s a lot goes on behind caravan doors. Girls don’t become so se-xualised from toddlerhood for no reason 😏

[@mrp9047]

I know I should mind my own business but the little kids are inappropriately dressed.

[@toebeans6568]

Absolutely agree with both of you. Little girls sexualized but then being told to stay virgins until marriage. Quite the confusing message they send to their girls!

[@wickidbloodymetalqueen7901]

Dude it's your cousin!!! Nooooo just noooooooooo

[@anthonyhassett]

If you use the tradesman's entrance then it's fine

[@lanacrystal8147]

Camoflouge chaps, "that looks lovely" 😂😂❤

[@senbuvoltz1215]

What if the Gypsy Community started using the dbl decker busses for homes and switching to bus life? They're looking out for campers, not busses! 🤷‍♀️ plus it's a little more space if they so wanted that 😀

[@mymyMelly]

It doesn’t matter where you stay if your a gypsy your facing backlash. It’s disgusting. I actually grew up thinking gypsys was the worst because where I stay travellers would TRASH the area so bad and ABUSE the people around but it turns out that that was just a select few PEOPLE, can’t blame them for the culture.

[@senbuvoltz1215]

@@mymyMelly that is horribly sad. I've seen a few of the Gypsy shows that are on TV and I've seen when some families were turned away, literally as soon as they find out they're Gypsies! So saddening. They have always been a target I've been reading as well? I don't know much, I'm just a New Yorker from the country lol, so, all I know is some travel and the majority of them are phenomenally clean. They dress real pretty and have unbelievably gorgeous weddings...and are VERY religious for the most part, too! So... that about sums up what I know. 😅 I'd love, love, love to learn more about the culture and community; they have such an interesting history. Lol these videos have me like, "need to hyperfixate on all things Traveler/Gypsy; HAVE to learn it all." Lmao

[@pkk639]

@Seneca Buvoltz yeah you need to learn more about travellers - its easy to be clean when you literally throw your rubbish outside your front door and use other people's doorsteps, gardens, alleyways, lifts etc as a your personal toilet as they don't use the toilets in their caravan. The girls don't have an education and leave school at a very young age so they can clean their caravans all day, look after their younger siblings and cook every single day and then they get married at 16 and become the property of their husbands. They are never allowed to go out without their husbands permission, its expected they stay home and cook, clean and breed for the rest of their lives. Oh yes, and the wonderful life of a traveller also involves the highest rate of sexual abuse and domestic violence amongst all different types of cultures. Suicide amongst males is high, morbidity is extremely low. How do you think these uneducated, unskilled people make all that money to afford those big weddings - they steal, they con the most vulnerable out of their life savings, they intimidate, they don't pay taxes, they don't have insurance for any of the work they do, the work they do fails to meet the lowest of safety standards as its all subpar. They steal everything they can, the women take their children shopping with them and use them as decoys to steal or they try and keep the shop assistant busy whilst the kids steal. I was in a restaurant when a load of gypsys turned up - the kids ran riot, one of the girls slapped a 3 yr old girl really hard who was sat eating with her family, the gypsys did nothing even when the family said something to them. They laughed and carried on eating. The restaurant asked them to leave, they refused and threatened to smash the place up if they didn't get more food, the restaurant didn't want trouble and tried to appease them, in the end, they had told them they were calling police unless they left so the gypsys left and off course never paid a penny for the meal they had (apprx 30 of them). That was their plan the entire time. Why do you think business don't want them there, why hotels and venues turn them away. They are violent, they damage and destroy property costing owners thousands of pounds. They swear on their dead relatives lives all the time even when they are lying. I don't remember religion ever condoning stealing, beating up people, intimidation etc etc they don't follow religion at all, they make up their own!! These are just a few articles but there are plenty online and not too mention that this is the norm for them but they don't all go in the papers. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6984581/Henry-Vincent-sister-denies-violent-person-tells-inquest-no-one-deserves-die.html www-leicestermercury-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/travellers-murdered-pensioners-after-breaking-6695540.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16708586211227&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.leicestermercury.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fleicester-news%2Ftravellers-murdered-pensioners-after-breaking-6695540.amp%23amp_tf%3DFrom%2520%25251%2524s%26aoh%3D16708586211227%26referrer%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/redruth-united-releases-video-showing-5695266?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

[@anthonyhassett]

@@senbuvoltz1215 please please please come to Ireland!! I will put you up for a week. You can see why a town has to go into a two day lockdown when there is a funeral. When a certain individual with an Olympic medal turns up there is violence in the town that night. You can even wander through a halting site, see if you get out alive. Start reading the regional circuit court notices in the provincial papers to get an idea.

[@daniellew.611]

whoever started to upload these, may you have blessings upon blessings🤣🤣🥰🥰

[@hollymcnair1602]

Where do they get the money to pay for all this stuff?

[@klaula2003]

screaming homophobic slurs at people but marrying their own family clownssssssss

[@stonersiren]

british baptism barely touching the kid with water, meanwhile at a murcian baptism they dunk the newborns in the entire tub no big deal lmao

[@margarettownsley9500]

So very wrong to throw the 2 ladies out the church 😮

[@lindseyowen5968]

See her friends face when she was describing her non traveler neighbours?

[@susancurd495]

From local experience the absolute filth that's left behind. If local area is leaned up before they move on . Locals would be more tolerate

[@TheAndreaOhh]

I'm from near the Appleby Fair. The North East locals have always loved it. Do some tiny amounts of people do wrong or get up to mischief, yes, but I tell you now, it's not just travellers and truth be known, you can't even say it is them at all, because some absolutely wrongins, from the surrounding areas could be the ones up to no good, knowing the travellers will get the blame. Travellers have come and stayed in a car park and on fields surrounding our village, never once in all my 40 odd years of life have they caused bother. Later on rubbish was left, but that's because the police were moving them out in the middle of the night. There are some settled now and they aren't any bother either.

[@ladygrinningsoul992]

Those poor horses

[@kerryalfaro9437]

Marrying a first cousin; OMG 😳!!! 😫😫😫🙄😬 And I danced "exotically" for like 10 years and we shopped in stores like that for our costumes for work!!! It seems like Everytime There's a wedding.. there's also a Halloween party the night before

[@tinabilledeaux7033]

First cousins are like siblings! In my culture that is how we are.

[@kaitlinski493]

Weird flex, but ok

[@kerryalfaro9437]

@@kaitlinski493 I HAD a child and HIS FATHER STRUGGLED WITH the DISEASE of ADDICTION...alcoholism/substance abuse...I STARTED dancing in ORDER to provide FOR MY EXTREMELY prematurely BORN CHILD...BECAUSE I couldn't AFFORD to DO anything FOR HIM on my OWN!!! It WAS a job of desperation IN my early twenties...AND THEIR"outfits" THEY'RE WEARING AT EVENTS and parties...ARE THE same types OF costumey stripper outfits BOUGHT AT ADULT STORES...THAT exotic dancers...ADULT couples WEAR WHILE "ROLE playing" in"THE bedroom" ETC....I'm in my FORTIES NOW and haven't DANCED in ALMOST 15 YEARS!!! I made GREAT MONEY and MET some GREAT people who I'm STILL friends WITH too this DAY!!! No shade..NO INTENTIONAL FLEX...JUST COMPARISON

[@kerryalfaro9437]

@@tinabilledeaux7033 YEAH..LIKE siblings...NOT SOMEONE YOU want to PROCREATE WITH

[@ashleigh2227]

I also danced when my sons dad left too you go girl nothing wrong with that ❤

[@ambriannafreeze504]

I was so happy to see a wedding go off without a hitch!

[@deborahwingard776]

Too bad! It's NOT their property! 🙄

[@dianab8008]

You were told to move. You don’t own the land. No one is allowed to just squat. If you’re proud people move to your own purchased property.

[@irishone1479]

You're not allowed to marry your 1st cousin in the Catholic Church

[@genevievetaylor9505]

Everytime I watch this show…. I wonder where they all sleep. I mean you can’t possibly fit four or five kids in a caravan.

[@anthonyhassett]

And you wonder why they get respiratory infections and tuberculosis?

[@HayleyRobinsonhale]

Living rent free on land you pay no council tax or rates on, that’s what people have the problem with.

[@debeightonethree6346]

You can’t get fines and points if you weren’t doing anything wrong! If you don’t want to get caught, don’t break the law.

[@1Clearwords]

It seems what he was complaining about was racial profiling.

[@GailOwens]

Racial profiling like the police do with black men. It is disgraceful.

[@GailOwens]

The police are corrupt, they will find something to pin on you if they want to.

[@anthonyhassett]

@@1Clearwords If 80% of male travellers over 22 have criminal records and the other 20% haven't been caught yet. Why would you expect any different?