The Great Book of Ireland

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The Great Book of Ireland, a gallery and anthology of modern Irish art and poetry, created in 1989.

A huge volume of 250 pages (510 by 360 by 110mm), it bring together the work of 121 artists, 143 poets and 9 composers who painted, drew and wrote directly on the vellum. Calligraphy by Denis Brown to each opening serves to unify the book, which was bound in elm by A.G. Cairns, Eamonn Martin and Gene Lambert of Mills Trust and Theo Dorgan of Poetry Ireland, who iniated the project in 1989

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"The Encyclopaedia of Ireland," 2003; ISBN 0717130002