The murders themselves were horrific, and the true culprits were never found.

On having the verdict translated, Seoighe pleaded "Níl mé ciontach", meaning "I am not guilty".

James Joyce called him a "bewildered old man, left over from a culture which is not ours, a deaf-mute before his judge ... a symbol of the Irish nation at the bar of public opinion."

"Táim ag imeacht." - the last words of Seoighe before his execution by hanging.

17 August 1882 - the brutal shootings and bludgeonings of John, Micheál, Brighid, Mairéad and Peigí Joyce.