Letter from Mrs Tracy to Piaras Béaslaí, 12 February 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Mrs Tracy

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The letter is from Bean Ui Treasaigh (Mrs Tracy) of Tuam, County Galway, to Piaras or Pierce Béaslaí, born Percy Beazley (1881-1965). The writer requests a copy of Béaslaí's play, 'Fear na Millúin Punt', and asks that it be with her by first post. 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/5445 Irish Mrs Tracy 1916-02-12 Brownsgrove, Tuam, County Galway Piaras Béaslaí 18 North Frederick Street, Dublin Female Culture and the Arts Culture and the Arts

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 Brownsgrove NSTuam 12.2.16 A Cara, Cuir chugam mas edo thoil é an dramaFear na Milliún PuntSeo é ocht pighinn — luachagus costas posta. Ta Beidh mé buideacma beidh se agam le an gcead posta. Mise le meas mór Bean Ui Threasaigh An Saoi P. Beaslai. Address Mrs Tracey, Brownsgrove NS Tuam. My dear friend, Please send us the play ‘The Man of the Million Pounds’. Here is eight pence – price and cost of postage. I would be grateful if I got it in the first post. Yours respectfully, Mrs Tracey An Saoi Piaras Beaslai, 18 North Frederick St., Dublin. Mrs Tracy Letter from Mrs Tracy to Piaras Béaslaí, 12 February 1916 Brownsgrove, Tuam, County Galway Letter from Mrs Tracy to Piaras Béaslaí, 12 February 1916 18 North Frederick Street, Dublin Letter from Mrs Tracy to Piaras Béaslaí, 12 February 1916