Across the Water - Jim McGonigal, Donny O'Rourke & Hamish Whyte

Across the Water is an anthology of Irishness in modern Scottish writing. All of the 41 contemporary contributors have written a specially commissioned reflection on their experience of Irishness in Scotland. 

Issued at an important time in the revising of the Scottish nation’s identity, this book is both an enjoyable read as well as a document of immigration and the often humorous and sometimes painful process of integration.

A full and incisive introductory essay by the editors: James McGonigal of Glasgow University’s Department of Education

Poet, journalist and broadcaster, Donny O’Rourke Librarian, publisher and author, Hamish Whyte.



“a bold and ambitious new anthology”

Sunday Herald


“large, ambitious and timely”

Scotland on Sunday


"enjoyable, sometimes polemical”

Scotsman Book of the Week


“vibrant exploration of a culture that lies between two worlds"

Irish Times



“a useful tool towards resolving Scots/Irish identity” Irish Post




“excellent” Irish World


“shows the depth of feeling that still remains on both sides of the religious divide”

Scottish Catholic Observer

Contributors
Patrick MacGill
Edward Gaitens
Sean Rafferty
Freddie Anderson
Matt McGinn
Joan Lingard
William McIlvanney
Stephen Mulrine
Anne Downie
John Byrne
Sean Damer
Tom McGrath
Bernard MacLaverty
Hayden Murphy
James McGonigal
Alan Spence
Hamish Whyte
Theresa Breslin
Gerry Loose
Brian McCabe
Anne MacLeod
Gerald Mangan
Danny Boyle
Liz Niven
Christopher Whyte
Magi Gibson
John Burnside
Anne Donovan
Helen Lamb
William Hershaw
Chris Dolan
Susie Maguire
Danny McCahon
Donny O'Rourke
Gerry Cambridge
Des Dillon
Rody Gorman
Willy Maley
John Maley
Donal McLaughlin
Raymond Friel
Angela McSeveney
Andrew O'Hagan
Ciara MacLaverty