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Letter from Patrick Fogarty to his mother, 8 September 1916
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Letter from Patrick Fogarty to his mother, 8 September 1916
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<date><hi rend="underline">8<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> September</hi> 1916.</date> <salute>My dear Mother</salute> <p>My time has come round again to <lb/> write home, and it gives me great pleasure, as I am <lb/> sure you are expecting one every morning.</p> <p>I hope you are all in the best of health and going <lb/> on well. I am very glad to see by your letter that <lb/> John has taken over Mr Doyle workshop and hope he <lb/> is going on well and has plenty of work. I suppose <lb/> trade is a bit dull at present.</p> <p>Dear Mother I hope you are not worrying about me <lb/> as I am in the best of health Thank God.</p> <p>Tell Father I am very sorry to hear about Robin and <lb/> hope he is quite well now. I hope Tom will be home<lb/> soon and is in the best of health.it was very <sic>thoughtfull</sic><lb/> of him to send home his card, for you to get what money <lb/> he had saved. Remind him in your next letter to tell <lb/> Mockay I was asking for him.</p> <p>I will be very glad to have the Photo's of you all as <lb/> you mentioned in your last letter. if you have not <lb/> them taken yet or are waiting for news from Tom <lb/> dont be in a hurry to <sic>answered</sic> my letter. Tell <lb/> Grandmother and Shames and all at home I was <lb/> asking for them. also if you ever see Mrs P Fogarty <lb/> or Frank <del>the</del> tell them I was asking for them all</p> <p>I left my watch at Arbour Hill Barracks. I am <del>get</del> <lb/> sure any day you could call up there you could get <lb/> it you could give it tp John. I left my overcoat in <lb/> the house on Cabra Road but I suppose it was <lb/> taken away by the military. I filled up a form<pb/>
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