Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí, 9 March 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Patrick Langford Beazley

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Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí (1881-1965) on Zeppelin bombing raids in Hull and other places in England. He remarks that many people have broken noses as a consequence of stumbling about during the blackouts.Patrick Langford Beazley was born near Killarney, Co. Kerry, son of a tenant who had been evicted from the Lansdowne estate. The Beazleys were an old family in Kerry, of English origin. Married with Nancy (Nanny) Hickey, he was the father of Piaras Béaslaí. He was the editor of the Catholic Times from 1884 until his death in the early 1920s. Piaras Béaslaí (born Percy Frederick Beazley) was an English born writer, revolutionary, politician, language revivalist, journalist and a member of the IRB. In February of 1916 he published the Fàinne, a publication to organise Gaelic speakers. He soon abandoned it and became involved in politics and would later fight in the Easter Rising. He wrote twenty plays between 1913 and 1939.

 National Library of Ireland MS 33,972 / 11, MS 33,972 / 11 https://letters1916.ie/item/711 English Patrick Langford Beazley 1916-03-09 Cheshire, England Piaras Béaslaí Male World War I (1914-1918)

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 'Glengariff' Rudgrave Square Egremont Cheshire 9th March, 1916 My dearest Pierce, Mother is sending you in this packet one pair of socks and the rest will be sent to-morrow without fail. They are washed already. We have no news here except what appears in the papers, and with that of course you are familiar. Nora Murphy must have had a bad time at Hull. I am told that that was the town most heavily bom barded by the zeppelin raiders on their last visit. Doubtless the train ing college escaped in jury, but the experience of those in it must have been very unpleasant. It is certainly not comforting to hear bombs crashing and to think that you may be a victim of one in a few minutes or even seconds. There is some indignation that no ar rangements had been made whereby the raiders might have been kept on the move. The mayor has been com plaining and has said they remained over the town for more than an hour. Here they cause us trouble by mak ing it necessary to keep the streets dark. A good many people have broken noses in consequences. We are getting something of a remedy now by having the posts and pillars painted white. It is well for Dublin that it need take no pre caution of the kind, I hope you are in good health and spirits. Write and let us know how you are and how things are going with you. We are well, thanks God, but have no news. With fondest love from Mother and myself, Ever affectionately Father. Cheshire, England Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí , 27 January 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslai, 3 February 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí, 17 February 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí, 24 February 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí, 9 March 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí, 3 March 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí on St. Patrick's eve 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí with £1 to celebrate St. Patrick's day 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí after the RisingLetter from Nannie Beazley (née Hickey) to Piaras Béaslaí, 17 July 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí, 7 October 1916Letter from Nannie Beazley née Hickey to Piaras Béaslaí, 7 October 1916Letter from A. Ross to Augustine Birrell, 30 April 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras on his article on the Irish Language.Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí, 8 April 1916 Patrick Langford Beazley Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí , 27 January 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslai, 3 February 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí, 17 February 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí, 24 February 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí, 9 March 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí, 3 March 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí on St. Patrick's eve 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí with £1 to celebrate St. Patrick's day 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí after the RisingLetter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí, 14 February 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí, 17 July 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí, 7 October 1916Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras on his article on the Irish Language.Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí, 8 April 1916