Cliodhna Cussen is an Irish sculptor, artist and author. She was born in Newcastle West, County Limerick in 1932 to a prominent local family. She is married to Pádraig Ó Snodaigh, a poet, writer and publisher. She is mother of Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South Central Aengus Ó Snodaigh. She has received many public work commissions which can be found around Ireland, she continues to produce sculptors, she is known for working mainly in stone and bonze. In 1986, she added a statue of Saint Patrick depicted as a shepherd with a sheep at his feet at the pilgrimage site of Máméan in Connemara. Books