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24th of November 1982, Nan Joyce became the first Traveller to stand in an Irish election.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/11/24/#event-5712

This article provides some of the history and background to the Committee for the Rights of Travellers and Nan Joyce's campaign: https://www.leftarchive.ie/article/5703/

On This Day, 24th November

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Website screenshot reading: Nan Joyce became the first Traveller to stand in an Irish election In the second 1982 general election, held on the 24th of November 1982, Nan Joyce stood as an independent candidate in Dublin South-West, becoming the first Traveller to do so. She polled 581 votes. Joyce was co-chairperson of the Committee for the Rights of Travellers, which had been formed earlier that year. Among her policies was a call for full civil and human rights for all Travellers as full Irish citizens and a Minister to co-ordinate Traveller welfare provision in the country. You can read an account of the Committee and the background to its formation in this article: Traveller Activism in the 1980s: The Committee for the Rights of Travellers and Mincéir Misli. Related Pages Traveller Activism in the 1980s: The Committee for the Rights of Travellers and Mincéir Misli
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Since this article has been shared a bit recently, readers might notice we have very little material from Traveller activism on our website.

If anyone has documents from Travellers organisations or campaigns that they'd be willing to send us (either digital or physical copies for us to scan) we'd be delighted to hear from you!