Sadb was a cult warrior goddess in the County Kerry region and goddess of all the arts -and the mother of the warrior poet Oisin, son of the greatest of all the Fenian warriors, Fionn MacCumhaill. She was a shapeshifter who appeared as a deer to lure Fionn into her company and as a result of this tryst the poet Osin was born. She is remembered in many place-names in Ireland to this day.
This painting was originally commissioned by the Cahersiveen Music Festival in 2001. Cahersiveen translates roughly ‘The Fortress of Siveen or ‘Young Sive”.