{"id":11417,"date":"2025-10-29T08:34:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=11417"},"modified":"2025-11-01T18:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:31:15","slug":"a-place-where-ireland-is-invisible","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=11417","title":{"rendered":"A Place Where Ireland Is Invisible"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">In this remarkable collaboration between two of Ireland\u2019s finest artists,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesharpur.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Harpur<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul \u00d3 Colm\u00e1in<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">have produced a book of wonders, a set of poems and artworks that imaginatively restore the lives of the Irish saints. Here are pages in which the human and divine, natural and supernatural, converge and interfuse into a realm which is recognisably Irish, but also a place <i>beyond <\/i>\u2013 where Ireland is invisible.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dust-Jacket-main-front-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11418\" src=\"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dust-Jacket-main-front-cover-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dust-Jacket-main-front-cover-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dust-Jacket-main-front-cover-743x1024.jpg 743w, https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dust-Jacket-main-front-cover-768x1058.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dust-Jacket-main-front-cover-1115x1536.jpg 1115w, https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dust-Jacket-main-front-cover.jpg 1452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">In <i>A Place Where Ireland Is Invisible <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesharpur.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>James Harpur<\/b><\/a> has produced \u2018a rich and fresh harvest, allowing the wonder-tales of Irish saints such as Brendan and Gobnait to shine in their own depth and simplicity. <a href=\"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Paul \u00d3 Colm\u00e1in<\/b><\/a>\u2019s varied and fluent wood engravings are marvellously complementary, adding fresh and sometimes surprising perspectives on the narrative. This is a beautiful book.\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/paddybushe.squarespace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paddy Bushe<\/a><\/h2>\n<div data-editor-content=\"{&quot;blocks&quot;:[{&quot;key&quot;:&quot;ag2gh&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;A Place Where Ireland Is Invisible is a collector\u2019s item: a limited hardback 40-page edition of 400 copies, each signed by the author and artist. The book comes with a cover slip and its pages are sewn in signatures, using the finest quality paper.&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;unstyled&quot;,&quot;depth&quot;:0,&quot;inlineStyleRanges&quot;:[{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:34,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;BOLD&quot;},{&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;length&quot;:34,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;ITALIC&quot;}],&quot;entityRanges&quot;:[],&quot;data&quot;:{}},{&quot;key&quot;:&quot;3v3cg&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Retail price: \u20ac25. 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