Dr Mary Condren was born, and now lives, in Dublin. Dr Condren is director of Woman Spirit Ireland and a Visiting Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Mary’s doctorate is from Harvard University in the field: Religion, Gender and Culture. She is the author of many articles on gender, religion, violence, mythology and theology, and The Serpent and the Goddess: Women, Religion and Power in Celtic Ireland. (San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1989: Dublin: New Island Books, 2002).