Thanks to Agnes Power for the photo.
James Cheasty was born in 1928 in the townland of Carrigavoe in the civil parish of Kill St Lawrence. Although Carrigavoe is just inside the boundary of Waterford City, it is very much a part of the Barony of Gaultier. The Cheasty family is an old farming family in the Barony , having farmed in Coolum in the early 1800’s. They moved to Monaminta before 1900 and also farmed in Carrigavoe and Couse. Jim, as he was known to friends, started writing at the age of sixteen and because he was a farmer all his writings had a strong rural theme. He was influenced by fellow playwright and Waterfordian, Teresa Deevy. His first play “A Stranger Came “ was produced in 1953 by Madame Barnard- Cogley’s Studio Theatre Club in Mount Street, Dublin. This and his other plays, The Lost Years,1957, Francey, 1962, All Set for Birmingham, 1970 and Prisoners of Silence, 1971 were all popular successes. Prisoners of Silence, which was performed at Garter Lane Arts Centre by Stagemad Theatre Company in 2007 was also filmed by Kramproductions. Jim was very proud of the contribution to the Arts in Waterford of Red Kettle, Garter Lane and of his friend Jim Nolan. Jim Cheasty RIP died on 12 July 2014 and is buried in Tramore
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James Cheasty was born in 1928 in the townland of Carrigavoe in the civil parish of Kill St Lawrence. Although Carrigavoe is just inside the boundary of Waterford City, it is very much a part of the Barony of Gaultier. The Cheasty family is an old farming family in the Barony , having farmed in Coolum in the early 1800’s. They moved to Monaminta before 1900 and also farmed in Carrigavoe and Couse. Jim, as he was known to friends, started writing at the age of sixteen and because he was a farmer all his writings had a strong rural theme. He was influenced by fellow playwright and Waterfordian, Teresa Deevy. His first play “A Stranger Came “ was produced in 1953 by Madame Barnard- Cogley’s Studio Theatre Club in Mount Street, Dublin. This and his other plays, The Lost Years,1957, Francey, 1962, All Set for Birmingham, 1970 and Prisoners of Silence, 1971 were all popular successes. Prisoners of Silence, which was performed at Garter Lane Arts Centre by Stagemad Theatre Company in 2007 was also filmed by Kramproductions. Jim was very proud of the contribution to the Arts in Waterford of Red Kettle, Garter Lane and of his friend Jim Nolan. Jim Cheasty RIP died on 12 July 2014 and is buried in Tramore
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