Long Way to Tipp

A WW1 story told through personal letters and diaries. The Long Way to Tipperary project is brought to you by the Glucksman Library at #UL #ww1UL #Limerick

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A list of Captain William Maurice ‘Pat’ Armstrong’s friends who also died in the First World War https://t.co/8xTmvOxGAK Thank you for following our project since June 2014 #WWI @RMcGreevy1301

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Special Collections & Archives at the Glucksman Library completed - It's a Long Way to Tipperary on 9th Dec 2018. If you are curious to know what happened to the Armstrong family and their friends after WWI, please look at the epilogue pages. https://t.co/yMHzLByxAN #WWI

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The penultimate post from Long Way to Tipperary after four and a half years.
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For today's #ArchiveAnimals, and so soon after the centenary of WWI, we've chosen a famous dog from our online exhibition #LongWayToTipperary - Capt Pat Armstrong's Great Dane Dusky pictured here with his sister Jess c1920 #ArmstrongCollection @UL_Library https://t.co/H5qHpR53w8

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We've come a long way since we started our #LongWayToTipperary online exhibition in 2014! We'd love to hear how you used & enjoyed our site over the past 4 years. Take a few mins to let us know at https://t.co/Pt00Aq1MtY before 2 Dec @ww1ul #ww1ul #ArmstrongCollection @ULLibrary

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#OTD 20 August 1889 Captain William Maurice ‘Pat’ Armstrong was born in Sligo. Follow the life of his family during the First Word War at https://t.co/yMHzLByxAN

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#OTD 23 May 1917 Captain William Maurice ‘Pat’ Armstrong from Tipperary was killed by a sniper while inspecting his troops in a front-line trench at Arras, France. This week’s post incl. letters to his mother Rosalie on the first anniversary of his death https://t.co/N2uxLXChaS

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WEEKS 200-201 of the World War I project at the University of Limerick: RATHER WOBBLY IN THE LEGS https://t.co/MMCEmoKeYt

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They were all drunk? See https://t.co/yGx1H3kuEj

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A letter from Major Miles Beevor to Ione Armstrong on 18 April 1918
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WEEK 199 of our long running World War 1 narrative. Monday 15 to Sunday 21 April 1918 https://t.co/K31vrmZriZ

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The Viscount Glentworth cross will join the other collections in the proposed Military Museum at St Munchin’s Church in Limerick established by the @LmkCivicTrust This will include artefacts from the Armstrong family of Moyaliffe Castle Co Tipperary https://t.co/yMHzLByxAN https://t.co/H0e9IjuavI

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Mayor of Limerick, Dowager Countess of Limerick, Earl of Limerick, Dean of Limerick. In the picture was a cross made from the propellor of the plane that was flown by Viscount Glentworth in May 1914. The cross has been presented to the Civic Trust. @stmaryslimerick

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"When we got back a man in the 10th was waiting to see us, he wanted a photo of Pat, & spoke awfully nicely about him."
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Week 181: It was the Greatest Luck
Monday 10 to Sunday 16 December 1917
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Men of the 15th (Service) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers (London Welsh) queuing for a meal in the trenches at Fleurbaix, 28 December 1917.
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"...what we are suffering & shall always suffer, our two dear splendid boys"
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Week 178: Saints of God Without Fault
Monday 19 to Sunday 25 November 1917
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"It was in the paper today about Gordon."
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Week 177: He Did Not Wait Long to Follow His Friend
Monday 12 to Sunday 18 November 1917
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Victory Girls United War Work Campaign [1918]
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