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Revision as of 11:48, 7 May 2006 by 216.194.56.193 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Piaras Beaslaí (1881 - 1965) 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, he headed for Ireland at an early age, and helped the IRB infiltrate the Gaelic League, helping to force out the Protestant Unionist founder of the League, Douglas Hyde.
Beaslaí fought in the Easter Rising of 1916, and the Anglo-Irish War. During the Anglo-Irish War, he helped facilitate a mass escape of rebels from gaol in Manchester.
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.
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