Galway farmer told 81-year-old man 'I'm going to cut the f**king head off you' in row over burial plots

Judge Durcan commented on the case: “This is a very serious matter - and all of this occurred on consecrated ground.” File image

A 68-year old south Galway farmer produced a slash hook at a graveyard and told an 81-year-old man “I’m going to cut the f**king head off you” in a row over burial plots, a court has heard.

At Gort District Court on Thursday, graveyard owner, Martin O’Shaughnessy of Killina, Gort, pleaded guilty to the assault of John Connolly at the graveyard at Killinny, East Kinvara on October 1 last.