Destruction at Connemara church ‘not sectarian’
Attack at Holy Trinity Church which caused €70,000 worth of damage blamed on juveniles
The vandalism at Errislannan Church of Ireland near Clifden. A GoFundMe online campaign has already raised over €20,000 towards repairs at the church.
The destruction at Holy Trinity Church on the remote Errislannan peninsula in Connemara last month was “definitely not sectarian”, its rector Canon Stan Evans has said.
Up to €70,000 worth of damage was done to the rural Co Galway church. The interior was ruined, with windows smashed and electrical fixtures ripped out of the walls. The pulpit, pews and organ were destroyed, and the large church bible flung out through the east-end window.