Teresa Deevy (21 January 1894 â€" 19 January 1963) was a deaf Irish
dramatist, known for her works for theatre, she was also a short story
writer, and writer for radio.Teresa Deevy was born on January 21, 1894
in Waterford, Ireland. She was the youngest of 13 siblings, all girls.
Her mother was Mary Feehan Deevy and her father was Edward Deevy who
died when she was two years old.[1]Deevy attended the Ursuline Convent
in Waterford and in 1913, aged 19, she enrolled in University College
Dublin, to become a teacher. However, that same year, Deevy became
deaf through Ménière's disease and had to relocate to University
College Cork so she could receive treatment in the Cork Ear, Eye, and
Throat Hospital, while also being closer to the family home. In 1914
she went to London to learn lip-reading and returned to Ireland in
1919.[2] She started writing plays and contributing articles and
stories to the press around 1919.[3]She returned to Ireland in 1919,
during the Irish War of Independence and this heavily influenced her
writing and ideology as she was heavily involved in the nationalistic
cause. she heavily admired Constance Markievicz, she joined the Cumann
na mBan, an Irish women's Republican group and auxiliary to the Irish
Volunteer. Her Republican, and even proto-feminist views can be
clearly seen in plays such as Katie Roche and The King of Spain's
Daughter. [4]
dramatist, known for her works for theatre, she was also a short story
writer, and writer for radio.Teresa Deevy was born on January 21, 1894
in Waterford, Ireland. She was the youngest of 13 siblings, all girls.
Her mother was Mary Feehan Deevy and her father was Edward Deevy who
died when she was two years old.[1]Deevy attended the Ursuline Convent
in Waterford and in 1913, aged 19, she enrolled in University College
Dublin, to become a teacher. However, that same year, Deevy became
deaf through Ménière's disease and had to relocate to University
College Cork so she could receive treatment in the Cork Ear, Eye, and
Throat Hospital, while also being closer to the family home. In 1914
she went to London to learn lip-reading and returned to Ireland in
1919.[2] She started writing plays and contributing articles and
stories to the press around 1919.[3]She returned to Ireland in 1919,
during the Irish War of Independence and this heavily influenced her
writing and ideology as she was heavily involved in the nationalistic
cause. she heavily admired Constance Markievicz, she joined the Cumann
na mBan, an Irish women's Republican group and auxiliary to the Irish
Volunteer. Her Republican, and even proto-feminist views can be
clearly seen in plays such as Katie Roche and The King of Spain's
Daughter. [4]
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