A few images from The Irish ‘Travelling community’ who have their own ancient language and have in the past been nomadic. Shelta (/ˈʃɛltə/; Irish: Seiltis) is a language spoken by Rilantu Mincéirí (Irish Travellers), particularly in Ireland and the United Kingdom. It is widely known as the Cant, to its native speakers in Ireland as De Gammon, and to the linguistic community as Shelta. They are, nonetheless, predominantly English-speaking. Religiously, the majority of Irish Travellers are Catholic, the predominant religion in the Republic of Ireland. Genetic analysis has shown Travellers to be of Irish extraction, and that they likely diverged from the settled Irish population in the 1600s, possibly during the time of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. The centuries of separation has led to Travellers becoming genetically distinct from the settled Irish.