Two groups of Travellers are said to have clashed ahead of a First Holy Communion Mass in Newry on Saturday.
Police have confirmed that officers were called to St Brigid's Church in Derrybeg after reports of a fracas before the morning ceremony.
According to reports, two groups from the Travelling community were engaged in "bickering and quarrelling" as families and young children prepared themselves for their first communion.
It is understood one group left the scene after the confrontation.
Police said last night there were no arrests and no complaints.
Meanwhile, it has been reported that armed gardaí were present at a First Holy Communion ceremony in Longford town.
It is understood a local school requested the gardaí be present due to an ongoing feud between two Traveller families.
In February, four members of the same family were jailed for a total of seven-and-a-half years over a shooting at a Traveller wedding in St Mary's Church in Newtownbutler, Co Fermanagh in 2015.
