Occasional Press

Occasional Press is the visual artists David Lilburn and Jim Savage. 
It publishes art and poetry related projects as and when it has the means to.

The Connemara Project

Every two years an eminent, contemporary Irish artist is invited to take Ballynahinch Castle as a base from which to visually explore the Connemara landscape  - over a number of working visits. Each artist is asked to engage with the diverse terrains surrounding the Castle and to bring back to us evidence of their own individual encounters. 
At the conclusion of the residency the body of work created is published in a limited edition artists’ book, in a collaboration between Ballynahinch Castle and Occasional Press, each book in the series offering us a new, personal perspective on that wild and beautiful landscape. The series includes books by David Lilburn, Donald Teskey, and Joe Wilson. 

In Connemara by Mick O’Dea PHRA, the fourth book in the series, was published in 2017. It is published in a limited hardback edition which includes an original intaglio print, hand coloured by the artist, and a standard hardback edition without the print.

For further information on In Connemara, The Connemara Project or other publications can be found on their web site: www.occasionalpress.org