Are the Shelbys Irish or Romani?

Are the Shelbys Irish or Romani?

The Shelbys are specifically of Irish-Romani descent, but they refer to themselves and other Romani with the blanket-term “Gypsies” in the show. Tommy Shelby, the gang’s leader, along with his siblings, Arthur, John, Ada, and Finn, have Irish-Romani heritage on both sides and consider themselves Gypsy.

Is Tommy Shelby Irish or gypsy?

Thomas Michael Shelby was born in Birmingham, England, around 1890 to an Irish Traveller and Romani family and grew up in the Small Heath neighbourhood of Birmingham.

What ethnicity is Tommy Shelby?

Tommy Shelby in his British Army uniform Thomas Michael Shelby was born in Small Heath, Birmingham, England in 1890, the son of an Irish Traveller immigrant father and a mother of Romani extraction. He was the son of Arthur Shelby, Sr.

Do the Shelbys have Irish accents?

Tommy Shelby, Cillian Murphy The actor, famous for his roles in Inception and 28 Days Later was born in Douglas, an Irish suburb in Cork, but he masterfully manages to switch his Irish accent into Tommy Shelby’s Birmingham lilt.