Auteur: John Harnett

John Harnett studied at the University of Limerick, Ireland, for five years where he completed an MA in History, and a BA in English and History. He has also studied for a Diploma in Freelance Journalism. While a student at the University of Limerick he assisted in the teaching of a number of Literacy programmes and contributed to the newspaper, An Focal.Dr Mícheál Ó hAodha lectures in the Department of History, University of Limerick, Ireland. He has written and edited many books including “The Turn of the Hand”: A Memoir from the Irish Margins (with Mary Ward, 2010). Between 2006 and 2008 he was an AHRC scholar in the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures, University of Manchester.A sincere thanks is extended to Paul Harrison, co-editor of Traveller Friends, and all of the other artists who so kindly contributed their images to the book.