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A Traveller wedding has ended in tragedy after a bar owner died at his pub after trying to break up a huge brawl among Travellers.

The 73-year-old owner, named locally as Michael Donnelly, collapsed during the incident after taking ill.

Gardai are investigating the circumstances of the man’s death and will be interviewing those who were in the Readypenny Inn during the incident on Tuesday night.

Evidence of a row could be seen at the entrance to the lounge where a large pool of blood is still visible along with broken glasses and bottles.

A local man said that the owner had intervened in the row earlier in the evening when at least one man sustained injuries and was covered in blood.

View images from the scene below

The man collapsed after trying to calm the row and was unconscious when Gardai arrived at around 11pm.

He was pronounced dead at the scene and was then taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital.

Devastated friends and locals took to social media to pay emotional tributes to Mr Donnelly.

The pub is now a crime scene and and has been sealed off by gardai.

But a garda source said it is still unclear if there was a crime committed in connection with the man’s death.

A post mortem is to be carried out on the body later today.

A Garda spokesman added that the state pathologist had been notified.