Museum Model Captures Traveller Community’s Puck Fair Memories – June 7th, 2024

A model recreating members of the Traveller community’s memories of Puck Fair in the 1960s has gone on permanent display in Kerry County Museum in Tralee. It was made by Gerard Crowley of Crowley Modelmakers, Bray, Co Wicklow. Treasa Murphy spoke to Richard O’Brien of Kerry Traveller Health and Community Development Project and to Helen O’Carroll who’s the curator of the Kerry County Museum. This is the link to the Treasa’s first report from the museum and events to mark Traveller Pride. https://www.radiokerry.ie/podcasts/kerry-today/of-black-shawls-and-beady-pockets-celebrating-traveller-tradition-june-6th-2024-386780