Letter from Peter Mooney to his sister Katie Mooney, April 16 1916

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Letter from Peter Mooney to his sister Katie Mooney, April 16 1916

1 April 16 1916 Dear Katie, I received the parcel
you sent me alright. Every
thing in was very welcome
to me especially the Tobacco
& socks. I saw Miss Conlans
name on the life boxes,
tell her I was asking for
her. I see by the Drogheda
that they gave Father
Cooney a great send off
from Kingstown. I hope
he came through alright. 2 David Kennedy seems to
have got the worst of
the law case. Connolly &
Moore look very well
in the Drogheda, they keep
the public well amused.
If they were out here for
a while it would do
both of them a lot of good.
I suppose Paddy has a
busy time with all the
Ewes yeaning now ask
him does he remember the
evening we took the

stag of Peter & caught
him in the Sixteen Acres.
Fairyhouse has good entries
this year. I hope Paddy
will back all the winners.
I suppose Joe Gaffney comes
down often tell him I
was asking for him & I
hope he will have a
good year with the land.
The Grey horse should
be a beauty it would
be time to put him
out on the grass now. I hope
to have a good few 3 hunts on him must win.
The next time you are in
Dublin send me on a good
Razor as the one I have
is worn out. I have no
more to say at present as
I say Good-Bye and pray for
me. Peter Mooney P.S. you might send on
a writing pad as it would
be better than this sort of
paper also a blue copying
ink pencil. 4 Miss. K. Mooney
Caulstown
Dunboyne
Co. Meath Ireland RW Sansom

In this letter Peter (b.1886) is writing to Katie (b.1884) thanking her for the parcel she sent him. Peter mentions seeing Miss Conlan and asks Katie to tell her he said hello. He talks about Father Cooney and how he got a great send off and refers to David Kennedy getting the worst of the law case. He asks about Paddy and hopes he will back all the winning horses. He asks for Joe Gaffney too. He asks Katie to send him a razor the next time she is in Dublin and to send him on some paper too along with a pencil. Orphaned at age 7, Peter and his sister Katie were raised by their uncle William and his wife Mary in Caulstown. While there are no surviving enlistment papers for Peter, his War Badge Index Record shows his enlistment date as 18 October 1915. He served with the Royal Artillery and later transferred to the Royal Engineers where he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. He served in several places at the Western Front, including Ypres, St. Omer and Passchendael. Peter and Kate were avid correspondents. This letter part of a collection of over ninety surviving letters.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__3155.html)