Gypsy Empire by Eamon Dillon - ISBN: 9781848271692
Paperback
Inside the hidden world of Irish Travellers: feuds, fights, and fortunes.

Gypsy Empire

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    15 October 2013

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Summary

Irish Travellers have never enjoyed a higher profile, at home and abroad, for good reasons and bad. On the one hand are the positive stories like the success of boxers such as John Joe Nevin and Tyson Fury, the popularity of Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and Paddy Doherty’s victory on Celebrity Big Brother. On the other are controversial news stories such as the Dale Farm stand-off and the recent convictions for slavery.

Gypsy Empire delves into the heart of Travell…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781848271692
ISBN-10:1848271697
Author:Eamon Dillon
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Transworld Ireland
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:15 October 2013
Weight:203g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 19mm
About The Author

Eamon Dillon

Eamon Dillon is a prize-winning journalist with the Sunday World newspaper in Dublin where he is Assistant Editor (Crime and Security). His first book The Outsiders- Exposing the Secretive World of Ireland’s Travellers was a best-seller in Ireland and established him as an authority on Traveller-related issues. His second book was The Fraudsters- How Con Artists Steal Your Money. He has been a guest speaker at the Toronto Fraud Police annual conference as well as at Google HQ in Dublin on the topic of fraud and social engineering. In 2009 he received the Ruhama Award in Journalism for his investigative piece into the organised sex-trade in Ireland. Follow him on Twitter- @EamoD

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