A teenage boy is recovering in hospital after he was injured during a
churchyard brawl while a wedding was taking place nearby.
The incident,
in the carpark of the cathedral in Ennis, Co Clare, occurred at about
3pm while members of the Travelling community were attending a wedding
yesterday.
During the ceremony, one of the wedding guests stepped
out into the yard between the church and parochial house.
He was set
upon by three men brandishing a slash-hook, Stanley knife and a pick-axe
handle.
The man (41) sustained a head injury but refused to
travel to hospital.
A 16-year-old boy, who is also understood to have
been attending the wedding, sustained facial injuries during the row and
was recovering in hospital last night.
A number of other wedding guests
got involved in the violent fracas, which followed a previous
altercation several weeks ago.
Gardaí were called to the scene but no
arrests were made.
It is believed the row concerns two families and a
dispute over land used for grazing horses.