i learned some startling facts yesterday.
a third of irish travellers die before they are 25,
half die under 39, and 80% die before 65.
i pause because it disturbs me that i feel
no sense of guilt nor any responsibility.
The Right Reverend Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Chelmsford (L) and the Right Reverend Thomas McMahon, Bishop of Brentwood (C) talk to Nora Sheridan at Dale Farm on August 30, 2011 in Basildon, England. Dale Farm is the largest Romany Gypsy and Irish Traveller site in the United Kingdom. Part of the site is due for demolition after the local authorities deemed that it was built without planning permission.
