Máthair an Fhiaigh/The Raven’s Mother

Is as Corca Dhuibhne do Dhairena Ní Chinnéide agus is é seo an dara cnuasach filíochta aici.  Tugadh ardmholadh do An Trodaí/The Warrior, a céad chnuasach, nuair a foilsíodh i 2006 é.  Tugtar athchuairt ar chuid de na téamaí céanna sa dara cnuasach seo - grá an fhile dá ceantar dúchais agus a saol lena mac óg, mar shampla, agus cuirtear an carachtar An Trodaí inár láthair an athuair, leis.  Tá téamaí nua ann chomh maith agus tionchar a cuid oibre i bParlaimint na hEorpa agus an taisteal a bhíonn i gceist leis sin le sonrú go láidir i saothar an fhile

This is the second collection from Ní Chinnéide and follows An Trodaí/The Warrior, which was published to great acclaim in 2006.  This new, more substantial, collection touches on some of the same themes - a love of her homeplace in Corca Dhuibhne in the Kerry Gaeltacht, poems inspired by her young son and the character of An Trodaí/The Warrior, as well as exploring new territory inspired in particular by the poet's work with the European Parliament.