Recent publicity of the age-old Irish Travellers has caused many to question the ideals of the group compared to those of their counterpart, the Amish. The Irish Travellers’ traditions have remained far from intact and would produce more positive reactions if their intents were as true as the Amish communities. Immigration to the United States of America provided an escape from persecution and hardship for each group. The Irish Travellers, a nomadic group of Irish descendants, traveled to America first during Oliver Cromwell’s reign in the 17th century and later on during Ireland’s potato famines of the 19th century. It is believed that the Travellers were descendants of the many Irish people left homeless after these difficult times. Though they began as hard-working Catholics looking for a place to establish themselves as a group willing to help the needy, they have since evolved into a wealth-loving people, many suspected of corrupt doings to earn money. The Irish Travellers make up about 1 percent of Ireland’s population and are looked down upon by the people for their unstable ways of life that continue to be much like that of their ancestors’ (“Irish Travellers”). The Amish, descendants of the Anabaptist religion of Europe, journeyed to America in the 1730s during William Penn’s “holy experiment” and escape religious persecution.
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