Letter from Peter Mooney to his sister Katie Mooney, 20 February 1916

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Letter from Peter Mooney to his sister Katie Mooney, 20 February 1916

1 Ballincollig Feb 20th / 1916 Dear Katie, I was very glad to receive your
welcome letter during the week. I do not
feel a bit lonesome at all. You should
all try and cheer up as I believe this
war cannot last much longer. I got
my Photo taken on Wednesday. I enclose
address. You might call on wedn Monday.
Send me on two copies if they are alright.
The eggs will be a welcome guest. Get
the tobacco in Purcell’s at the corner of
Henry Street. Tell them who it is for. I will
now say Good-Bye & may God Bless you all. P. Mooney 2 Miss. K. Mooney
Caulstown
Dunboyne
Co. Meath

Orphaned at age 7, Peter and his sister Katie Mooney 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__3157.html)