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We are very proud of our latest publication, A Place Where Ireland Is Invisible, by poet and member of Aos Dána, James Harpur, with wood engravings by Paul Ó Colmáin.
In this remarkable collaboration between two of Ireland’s finest artists,
James Harpur and Paul Ó Colmáin 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 beyond – where Ireland is invisible.
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James Harpur, poet
Paul Ó Colmáin, artist
Paul Ó Colmáin, artist
We are delighted to be publishing
James Harpur and Paul Ó Colmáin's latest book, A Place Where Ireland Is Invisible
James Harpur has published eight poetry collections, including The Examined Life (2021), winner of the Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize, and The White Silhouette (2018), an Irish Times Book of the Year.
Angels and Harvesters (20
We are delighted to be publishing
James Harpur and Paul Ó Colmáin's latest book, A Place Where Ireland Is Invisible
James Harpur has published eight poetry collections, including The Examined Life (2021), winner of the Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize, and The White Silhouette (2018), an Irish Times Book of the Year.
Angels and Harvesters (2012) was a PBS Recommendation and shortlisted for the 2013 Irish Times Award; and The Dark Age (2007) won the Michael Hartnett Poetry Prize.
His work has won many awards and bursaries, including the 1995 British National Poetry Competition, a Patrick and Katharine Kavanagh Fellowship, and the Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize.
Paul Ó Colmáin, artist
Paul Ó Colmáin, artist
Paul Ó Colmáin, artist
Paul is an artist, musician, poet and story-teller.
He has illustrated other works, including, The Gospel of Gargoyle, by James Harpur, Tírdhreacha by Colm Breathnach, and The Oratory of Light, by James Harpur.
A book of his haiku, The Silence Unravelling, was published by Eblana Press in 2017.
He has seven music albums and co-runs Working
Paul is an artist, musician, poet and story-teller.
He has illustrated other works, including, The Gospel of Gargoyle, by James Harpur, Tírdhreacha by Colm Breathnach, and The Oratory of Light, by James Harpur.
A book of his haiku, The Silence Unravelling, was published by Eblana Press in 2017.
He has seven music albums and co-runs Working Artist Studios in Ballydehob.
His animated short, Port Béil:Mouth Music, won the 2024 Paris Independent Film Festival.
His podcast on Irish Mythology, with Leeanne O'Donnell, is called Into the Mythic
A Place Where Ireland Is Invisible
A Place Where Ireland Is Invisible
A Place Where Ireland Is Invisible
In this remarkable collaboration between two of Ireland’s finest artists,
James Harpur and Paul Ó Colmáin 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 i
In this remarkable collaboration between two of Ireland’s finest artists,
James Harpur and Paul Ó Colmáin 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 beyond – where Ireland is invisible.
A Place Where Ireland Is Invisible is a collector’s 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.
Retail price: €25. But please add
€10 postage and packing for orders in Ireland, and €20 for orders outside Ireland.
In A Place Where Ireland Is Invisible James Harpur has produced ‘a rich and fresh harvest, allowing the wonder-tales of Irish saints such as Brendan and Gobnait to shine in their own depth and simplicity. Paul Ó Colmáin’s varied and fluent wood engravings are marvellously complementary, adding fresh and sometimes surprising perspectives on the narrative. This is a beautiful book.’ Paddy Bushe
The Gospel of Gargoyle
A Place Where Ireland Is Invisible
A Place Where Ireland Is Invisible
The Gospel of Gargoyle
by James Harpur
Art by Paul Ó Colmáin.
A poet residing at the Irish College in Paris has a series of dreams in which he flies to the rooftop of Notre-Dame cathedral and encounters a gargoyle. But not any old gargoyle: this one can speak, and he claims to be a lost spirit seeking salvation through a series of incarnati
The Gospel of Gargoyle
by James Harpur
Art by Paul Ó Colmáin.
A poet residing at the Irish College in Paris has a series of dreams in which he flies to the rooftop of Notre-Dame cathedral and encounters a gargoyle. But not any old gargoyle: this one can speak, and he claims to be a lost spirit seeking salvation through a series of incarnations. Gargoyle and Poet become unlikely companions, bound by a pact: in return for the poet’s visits and conversations on the great questions of life (conversations he hopes will free him from his stone incarceration), Gargoyle promises to reveal the answer to the question obsessing Poet: who or what caused the great fire of Notre-Dame in 2019
The book costs €15 plus p&p
It is a numbered limited edition production and bound with stitched signatures.
It is signed by the author and the artist.
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The Eblana Press
Eblana Press is a small and personal publishing house based in West Cork which specialises in producing the finest poetry books in the finest manner. We believe that the arts can inspire audiences, readers and communities through song, art and the written word.