Irish Muslims perform Eid prayers on symbolic Croke Park pitch

Irish Muslim women take pictures during the Eid al-Adha festival on Dublin's Croke Park pitch during the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland July 31, 2020 in this still image taken from social media video. Instagram @muazzamakeupx via REUTERS

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish Muslims performed prayers to mark the festival of Eid al-Adha on Friday in Dublin's Croke Park Gaelic sports stadium, a site of historic importance for Irish nationalists who always had a deep connection with the once dominant Catholic Church.

Around 200 Muslims laid out prayer mats on the pitch usually used for the national sports of Gaelic football and hurling and where in 1920 British troops opened fire on a crowd, killing 14 people during Ireland's War of Independence.