Tipperary Memorials
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In Memory

Capt. Patrick Starr

1921 – 1977 · Tyone Old Graveyard

To the memory of Capt. Patrick Starr, Fianna Eireann and I.R.A., killed in action by Crown Forces in Shraharla, Co. Limerick, 1st May 1921, aged 21 yrs. I ndfíl chuimhne ar Chapt. P. Mac an Starraí, a thit ar pháirc an chatha, i Sráth Eirleach, Co. Luimnigh, i Bealtaine 1921. “Go lonraí solas Dé air.” Cumann Náisiúnta na Sean-Fhianna, Sean-óglaigh na hÉireann, Muintir an Aonaigh and cairde eile a thóg. And his brother Volunteer Joseph Starr, Irish Republican Army, died 20th Feb. 1977, aged 77 yrs. Go ndeana Dia trócaire ar a anam.
Full transcribed inscription

Note: Capt. Patrick Starr, of Fianna Éireann and the I.R.A., was killed in action by Crown Forces at Shraharla, Co. Limerick, on 1 May 1921, aged 21, during the War of Independence. The memorial carries an Irish inscription and was raised by the Old Fianna veterans and friends.

Those remembered here

  • Capt. Patrick Starr

    Fianna Éireann and I.R.A.; killed in action at Shraharla, Co. Limerick

    d. 1921aged 21

  • Joseph Starr

    his brother; Volunteer, Irish Republican Army

    d. 1977aged 77

Record details

Memorial type
Headstone — bilingual
Condition
Legible
Location
Tyone graveyard
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