Poem

An Ollmháthair Mhór

Title	An Ollmháthair Mhór
Author	Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
An Dealg sa bhFéar: Dánta 1968-1984	2011	Print Collection	View Details
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill: Selected Poems/Rogha Dánta	1988	Print Collection	View Details
Féar Suaithinseach	1984	Print Collection	View Details

Translations

Connected translations of this poem.

Title	Author	Collection/Anthology	Year	View Details
Great Mother	Míchéal Ó hAirtnéide	Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill: Selected Poems/Rogha Dánta	1988	View Details
The City of God	Paul Muldoon	The Astrakhan Cloak	1992	View Details
The City of God	Paul Muldoon	Writing the Wind: A Celtic Resurgence	1997	View Details
The Mermaid Nears the End	Paul Muldoon	The Fifty Minute Mermaid	2007	View Details
The Mermaid Nears the End	Paul Muldoon	An Guth 5	2008	View Details

Publication Instance Details #3

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	An Dealg sa bhFéar: Dánta 1968-1984
Date of Publication	2011
Publisher	Cló Iar-Chonnachta (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	175

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	No	No	No	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear)
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	Speaker of the poem imagines a nuclear bomb or explosion as almost a benevolent force, approaching to end humanity's hubris and overreaching ambition. The poem emphasises the human condition: the tower of Babel, the science behind our hubris, even though we are just animals. It appears that nuclear annihilation is almost a motherly, comforting force.

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