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Piaras Beaslaí was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, and later an Irish author, playwright, biographer and translator.

Born Pierce Beasley in Liverpool, England, in 1881, and educated at a Jesuit school, Beaslaí fought in the Easter Rising of 1916, and the Anglo-Irish War.

In Manchester, England, he helped facilitate a mass escape of rebels from gaol. He was a cousin of Lily Merin (or Mernin), one of Michael Collins' moles in Dublin Castle, who passed much useful information to Collins, and pointed out undercover targets in the street.

Later Beaslaí became director of publicity for IRA, before dedicating himself to literature.

He died on June 21, 1965.

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