Matt Mooney's first collection of poetry is valuable addition to the extraordinary literary output of Listowel and its vicinity. DROVING is a gentle, relaxed book full of piety, love and compassion. It moves between Matt's beloved Irish language through English to French all the while mediating his experiences of locality, family and friends, work, music and culture. His experience of the present is enriched by his love for tradition. Matt Mooney's view of life is a holistic one where God's in his heaven and all is right with the world.