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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Nan_JoyceNan Joyce - Wikipedia

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   Nan Joyce (1940 – 7 August 2018) [1] was an Irish Travellers' rights activist. She worked to improve the lives of Travellers in Ireland and Northern Ireland from 1981 until her death in 2018. She was the first Traveller candidate in an Irish general election, in 1982.

2. www.irishtimes.com › news › irelandNan Joyce, trailblazer for Traveller rights, dies aged 78

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   Aug 8, 2018 · Nan Joyce, a trailblazer for Traveller rights who campaigned for equality for decades, has died in Belfast aged 78. Born in 1940 in Tipperary, Joyce (née O'Donoghue) was the second eldest in a...

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3. www.independent.ie › irish-news › one-of-irelandsOne of Ireland's first Traveller rights activists Nan Joyce ...

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   Aug 8, 2018 · One of the country’s first Traveller rights activists and grand-aunt to ‘Love/Hate’ star John Connors has died. Tipperary-born Nan Joyce (78) was the second eldest in a family of 11 and was ...

4. smashingtimes.ie › nan-joyceNan Joyce – Smashing Times

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   Nan Joyce (1940-2018) was an Irish Travellers' rights activist. Born in Tipperary, Joyce (née O’Donoghue) was the second eldest in a family of 11 children and was brought up travelling the roads of Ireland with her family.

5. www.irishtimes.com › news › social-affairsTributes to force against ‘injustice’ Nan Joyce at funeral

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   Nan Joyce, the Traveller activist who died this week, was "a person who refused to be a victim," mourners at her funeral have been told. "Forced to live in the gutter, she always looked...

6. www.irishtimes.com › news › irelandFamily of Nan Joyce pay tribute to efforts for Traveller rights

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   Aug 9, 2018 · The family of Nan Joyce has paid tribute to the “legend” of the Traveller community who died in Dublin this week aged 78. Born in 1940 in Tipperary, Joyce (née O'Donoghue) was the second eldest...

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   Who was Nan Joyce?

   • Nan Joyce (1940 – 7 August 2018) was an Irish Travellers ' rights activist. She worked to improve the lives of Travellers in Ireland and Northern Ireland from 1981 until her death in 2018. She was the first Traveller candidate in an Irish general election, in 1982. Joyce was born Ann O'Donoghue in Clogheen, County Tipperary, in 1940.

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   Who was Nan Joyce & Richard O'Reilly?

   • She published Traveller: an autobiography in 1985, which has received scholarly attention, and was the subject of a chapter in a study of influential Irish women, Mná na hÉireann: Women who Shaped Ireland, in 2009. ^ November 1982 general election results: Nan Joyce: 581 first preference votes; Richard O'Reilly: 297 votes.

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   What happened to Nan Joyce?

   • Late last year, Joyce moved back to Dublin from Belfast where she had spent the previous decade. She became ill in recent months following a number of strokes and spent her final weeks in Beaumont Hospital. Nan Joyce’s funeral will take place in the St Francis of Assisi Church in Priorswood, Clonshaugh, at 10am on Friday, August 10th

   Family of Nan Joyce pay tribute to efforts for Traveller rights

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   Who was Mary Joyce & what did she do?

   • In 1982, Joyce co-founded the Committee for the Rights of Travellers and became the first member of the Traveller community to stand for election in the history of the State. She ran as a candidate in the November 1982 general election in the Dublin South-West constituency and polled 581 votes.

   Family of Nan Joyce pay tribute to efforts for Traveller rights

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   Where is Nan Joyce buried?

   • Where our tears will be the tears of happiness, our hearts will be made with wild roses that cannot break.” The casket, draped in a tricolour, was taken to Balgriffin cemetery by horse drawn carriage, where Nan Joyce will be buried beside her husband John, who died three years ago.

   Tributes to force against ‘injustice’ Nan Joyce at funeral

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   Who was Joyce O'Donoghue?

   • Born in 1940 in Tipperary, Joyce (née O'Donoghue) was the second eldest in a family of 11 children and was brought up travelling the roads of Ireland with her family. She married John Joyce when she was 16 and gave birth to 11 children who grew up between Tallaght, Finglas, Coolock and Belfast.

   Family of Nan Joyce pay tribute to efforts for Traveller rights

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8. www.northamptonchron.co.uk › news › peopleNorthamptonshire woman believed to be one of the oldest ...

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   Sep 9, 2021 · Joyce Wooding was born in Staverton, near Daventry, on September 6, 1911, to a farming family where she lived with her mum, dad, two brothers and sister, before she trained in London as a...