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10.1.16 St.Joseph's, Greenville, Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny. 10.1.1916 Dear Sir,
Kindly forward me
two copies of 'Fear na Milliún
Punt' Yours faithfully Bro Pius
A letter from Brother Pius, a Christian Brother in St. Joseph's. Kilmacow, County
Kilkenny to Piaras or Pierce Béaslaí, born Percy Beazley (1881-1965). The letter requests
two copies of Béaslaí's play 'Fear na Millúin Punt'.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.