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Irish “Gypsies” (Irish Travellers)
- hank808 7y agoI discovered this while trying to figure out why a town in Texas was named "White Settlement." That town is in the news right now because of a shooting in a church there. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Settlement,_Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Settlement,_Texas - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/west-freeway-church-of-christ-shooting-gunman-opens-fire-at-white-settlement-texas-church-today-live-updates-2019-12-29/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/west-freeway-church-of-christ-s...
- grzm 7y agoGenerally, don't editorialize titles (the "I didn't know this group of people existed)") part, as per the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html If you're still within the edit window, you can update the submission title yourself. Otherwise, you can email the mods via the Contact link in the footer for them to do it for you.
- hank808 7y agoOk. I removed the last bit of the subject.