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Teresa Deevy was born in Landscape on Passage Road in January 1894, the youngest of 13 children in a middle-class family

Landscape on Passage Road, Waterford, where playwright Teresa Deevy grew up
Landscape on Passage Road, Waterford, where playwright Teresa Deevy grew up

A blue plaque on a gate pillar in Waterford city marks the entrance to the house where one of Ireland’s most remarkable playwrights spent her formative years. Teresa Deevy was born in Landscape on Passage Road in January 1894, the youngest of 13 children in a middle-class family.

She was educated at the local Ursuline convent before enrolling at University College Dublin. She developed ...