This is an old revision of this page, as edited by BrownHairedGirl (talk | contribs) at 09:58, 12 May 2006 (moved Piaras Beaslaí to Piaras Béaslaí: spelling correction). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 09:58, 12 May 2006 by BrownHairedGirl (talk | contribs) (moved Piaras Beaslaí to Piaras Béaslaí: spelling correction)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Piaras Béaslaí (15th February 1881 – 22nd June 1965) was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a member of Dáil Éireann 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 Nationalist Protestant 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 Béaslaí became director of publicity for IRA, and at the 1918 general election he was elected to the First Dáil Éireann as Sinn Féin TD for Kerry East. At the 1921 general election he was returned to the 2nd Dáil for the Kerry-Limerick West constituency, where he was re-elected in the 1922 election as a pro-Treaty Sinn Féin candidate.
He did not contest the 1923 election, and in his latter years he dedicated himself to literature.
External links
- Piaras Béaslaí's electoral history (ElectionsIreland.org)
This page incorporates information from the Oireachtas Members Database
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