Into The Green Chamber

St. Colman's cave and the search for wild Christianity

The cave in the Burren where St. Colman Mac Duagh (d. 632) lived for seven years

Ireland, we are told, is a “thin place” — a place where the barrier between the seen and the unseen worlds is porous. I am here to testify that this is true. Let me tell you about my adventure this week in the west of Ireland with the writer Paul Kingsnorth.

I say “adventure,…