Letter from Tomás Ó Ceallaigh to Piaras Béaslaí, 4 February 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Tomás Ó Ceallaigh

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The letter is from Tomás Ó Ceallaigh of County Galway to Piaras or Pierce Béaslaí, born Percy Beazley (1881-1965). Ó Ceallaigh asks for a copy of Béaslaí's play, 'Cluiche Cartaí' and refers to the staging of another play. Béaslaí was a journalist, writer and member of the militant Keating branch of the Gaelic League. He fought in the North King Street area during the Easter Rising and was imprisoned afterwards. He later became publicity officer in the Dáil government and edited the IRA newspaper 'An t-Oglach'. He wrote twenty plays between 1913 and 1939.

 National Library of Ireland Piaras Béaslaí Papers, Collection List No 44; Ms. 33,933 (3) https://letters1916.ie/item/5444 Irish Tomás Ó Ceallaigh 1916-02-04 23 Lower Dominick Street, Galway, Ireland Piaras Béaslaí Messrs M.H. Gill & Son Ltd., Dublin, Ireland Male Culture and the Arts Culture and the Arts

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 23 Lr Dominic StreetGallimh 4.2.1916 A chara, An bhféadfá cóip deCluiche Cártai nó dráma maithghrinn eile do chur chugam? Táceann ag teasdáil ón gCumannGaedhlach annso le haghaidh lae 'lePádraig. Cuir in iúl dúinn cé tá ledíol as ceann ar bith chuirfeas túchugainn má chuirtear ar an árdáné. Bhí Fear an Sgéilín Grinnagainn anuraidh. Mise agat, le cion ortTomás Ó Ceallaigh 23 Lr Dominic StreetGalway 4.2.1916 My dear friend, Could you send me a copy of ‘A Game of Cards’ or or another good comic play? The Gaelic Society here wants one for St. Patrick’s Day. Let us know who is to be paid for any that you send us if it is staged. We did ‘The Man with the Funny Story’ last year. Yours affectionately,Tomás Ó Ceallaigh Piaras Béaslaoi, c/o J.J. O'Kelly Esq Messrs M. H. Gill & Son Ltd. Dublin Please forward 23 Lower Dominick Street, Galway, Ireland Letter from Tomás Ó Ceallaigh to Piaras Béaslaí, 4 February 1916 Messrs M.H. Gill & Son Ltd., Dublin, Ireland Letter from Tomás Ó Ceallaigh to Piaras Béaslaí, 4 February 1916 Tomás Ó Ceallaigh Letter from Tomás Ó Ceallaigh to Piaras Béaslaí, 4 February 1916