Letter from M. Ua Sabháil to Piarás Beaslaí, 9 January 1916 Letters 1916-1923 M. Ua Sabháil

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The letter is from M. Ua Sabháil of Mungret College, Limerick, to Piaras or Pierce Béaslaí, born Percy Beazley (1881-1965). The letter refers to Béaslaís play 'An Fear na Millúin Punt'. Mungret College was a secondary school founded by the Society of Jesus, of the Jesuits. Ua Sabhháil requests a copy of the play for the college so they can stage it in the future and describes those plans.

 National Library of Ireland Piaras Béaslaí Papers, Collection List No 44; Ms. 33,933 (3) https://letters1916.ie/item/5442 Irish M. Ua Sabháil 1916-01-09 Mungret College, Limerick, Ireland Piaras Béaslaí Male Culture and the Arts Culture and the Arts

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 Copy Sent Eanair 9ad 1916 Eanair 9adh, 1916. A duine uasal, Chonnaic mé an lá eile trachtas ar do dhrama .i. "Fear na milliún bpunt", agus ó's fíor gur mór do moladh é, ní fulair nó gur breagh an drama é. Ar an adhmhar san, ba mhaith liom cóip d'fhaghail le feiscint an feidir linne sa gColáiste é cur ar an ardán. Tá an t-airgead na chomhair le faghail sa litir seo, agus ba geal liom ar fad é bheith again chomh luath & is feidir é. Táimid ag déanamh ár ndithchillín annso le cúis na teangadh chur ar aghaidh. Bidheann rannganna comhráidh againn sa siamsa d'éis an tsuipéir i gcomhnuidhe agus tigeann sluagh mhaith chughainn. Tá sprid mhór i measc na mbuachaill, agus is breagh thar barr a ndúil sa nGaedhilg. Bidheann spaisteoireacht againn ar fud na tíre mor-timchioll ag labhairt na Gaedhilge, agus tá cuid aca ag tosnamh i labhairt go blasta. Mar san, "guala le ghualainn", agus beidh sí fé meas arís. Mise le meas mór M. Ua Sabháil, C.I. January 9th, 1916. Dear Sir, I recently saw an exposition on your play, ‘The Man of the Million Pounds’, and it must be a fine play as it was highly praised. For that reason, I would like to obtain a copy to see if we in the College could stage it. Payment for it is enclosed in this letter, and I would dearly love to have it as soon as possible. We are doing our best here to progress the cause of the language. We hold language classes in the gathering after supper always and a good crowd attends. There is a great spirit among the boys and their interest in Irish is truly wonderful. We hold walks in the surrounding countryside through Irish, and some of them are beginning to speak fluently. So, “shoulder to shoulder”, and it will be held in high esteem again. Yours respectfully , M. Ua Sabháil, S.J. 9½ M. Ua Sabháil Letter from M. Ua Sabháil to Piarás Beaslaí, 9 January 1916 Mungret College, Limerick, Ireland Letter from M. Ua Sabháil to Piarás Beaslaí, 9 January 1916