The Seapoint Tragedy 30 June 1890

On 30th June 1890 the family of James O'Connor were tragically poisoned and died from eating tainted mussels they had harvested from a pond in their back garden at Seapoint Avenue. His daughter Mary (Moya) would be the only survivor; she would later tell a story that she was naughty and was sent to bed without any supper and that's what had saved her life (this was untrue).
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[@brianbolger3800]

Heartbreaking, You can love someone so much, but you can never love people as much as you can miss them.

[@AdventureIreland]

Such a tragic story, 4 innocent children and their mother taken at such a young age.

[@Brunosadventures]

What a heartbreaking story. Glasnevin cemetery is beautiful, I will do the tour some day. It's definitely on my bucket list. No pun intended..

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Hi Steve & Lyndsey @reactingtomyroots I thought you might be interested in this one since you did Glasnevin Cemetery, it's the story of the O'Connor family (mother and 4 children) who died from eating poisonous mussels. Their headstone depicts an angel as the mother and 4 cherubs as the children, a very sad story.

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Very sad indeed.