DU-BLBL-0347

Record Date: 
20 October 2020
Graveyard: 
Bluebell
Exact wording of epitaph: 

In loving memory 

of 

Patrick Curtis

Died 17 Jan 1922

Aged 86 years

Bernard Curtis

Killed in action IRA

18 November 1922

Aged 20 years

RIP

Grave location
County: 
Dublin
Latitude: 
53.330322222222
Longitude: 
-6.3410888888889
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Patrick
Surname: 
Curtis
Date of death - day: 
17
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1922
Name: 
Bernard
Surname: 
Curtis
Date of death - day: 
18
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
1922
Age: 
20
Notes: 

Bernard Curtis was killed at Blackhorse Bridge while setting a landmine which exploded prematurely during the Civil War in 1922. The flats in Bluebell are named after him. There is also a memorial to him in the wall of the Landsdown Valley park near the bridge.