Couple who died in house fire hours after hearing of new granddaughter mourned in Cork

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John and Gabrielle O’Donnell had neighbours in for tea and cake to celebrate birth of baby Hannah

earlier this month, just hours after they heard the news of the birth of a granddaughter overseas, will be laid to rest on Wednesday.

Several hours after they celebrated the birth of baby Hannah, a daughter to their son Mark, the couple perished when a blaze broke out at their home in Lower Glanmire Road in Cork. John and Gabrielle will lie in repose at Jerh O’Connor funeral home on Coburg Street in Cork on Tuesday from 5pm to 6pm. Their requiem mass will take place at 2pm on Wednesday in St Patrick’s Church in Lower Glanmire Road with funeral afterwards at the Island Crematorium, Rocky Island, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.

Cllr Joe Kavanagh, who lives in the area, said that the “tight-knit” community was ‘rocked’ by the death of John’s and Gabrielle.

 

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