"B.P. Beirne Prize in Pest Management." He will be remembered by his clansmen for his book, "The Family O'Beirne," published in 1997 and as the inspiration for "The O'Beirne Family Journal," first published January 1998. Works The genitalia of the British Rhopalocera and the larger moths by F.N. Pierce & B.P. Bierne. Publ. F.N. Pierce (1941) The Origin and History of British Fauna Methuen (1952) British Pyralid and Plume Moths Frederick Warne (1952) Pest Management London: Leonard Hill (1966) Irish Entomology. Irish Naturalists' Journal Special Issue (1985) Beirne also published important faunal lists of Lepidoptera and taxonomic works on both Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera External links Short Biography and Chronology of Beirne Profile Science Canada 1918 births 1998 deaths Irish emigrants to Canada Irish entomologists Irish lepidopterists Hymenopterists People educated at Blackrock College People from County Wexford 20th-century Irish zoologists 20th-century Canadian zoologists