{"id":131480,"date":"2025-10-19T05:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T05:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/131480\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T05:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T05:58:09","slug":"wexford-woman-publishes-second-novel-which-explores-addiction-and-family-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/131480\/","title":{"rendered":"Wexford woman publishes second novel which explores addiction and family secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anne Ireton from Courtown said the launch was an \u201coutstanding success\u201d, and said the library was filled with support from the Gorey community. \u201cThe buzz and sense of enthusiasm from the attendees of the book launch was palpable, and everyone really enjoyed the evening.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Mick<\/p>\n

Mick O Callaghan with Anne Ireton at Anne Ireton’s Book Launch of her new book Bohemian Whirlpools at The Gorey Library. PHOTO: Sabrina Ffrench<\/p>\n

An official launch took place on Thursday, October 16 at Gorey Library, where the novel was launched by Jackie Hayden, and Mick O\u2019Callaghan, who acted as master of ceremonies.<\/p>\n

Bohemian Whirlpools is a follow-up novel which enables fans to follow the beloved characters explored in her debut novel, Kaleidoscopic Times, which was released in 2023. The story follows the colourful music scene of the 1990s, while also clashing with the spirit world, which Anne said will captivate readers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt enables fans to follow the further adventures of the unconventional cast of characters who enlivened that book, including Fiachra, Flaps, Sinead, Austin, Aisling and Voodoo, as they continue to live their lives out there on the edge,\u201d Anne said.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the writing process, Anne said it was \u201cwonderfully rewarding\u201d to put the novel together. \u201cIt enabled me to explore issues of addiction and to reflect on the theme of secrets and lies within families and society in Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Wally<\/p>\n

Wally O Neill, Carmel Conroy, Mary Kilhanson, Anne Ireton, Veronica Lombart, Anne Colgan and Odhran Somers attending Anne Ireton’s Book Launch of her new book Bohemian Whirlpools at The Gorey Library. PHOTO: Sabrina Ffrench <\/p>\n

She said the atmosphere was filled with support from friends and the wider community the celebrated the growing writing scene in Gorey. \u201cThe atmosphere was filled with camaraderie, support and excitement about Bohemian Whirlpools going out into the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a celebration of Gorey\u2019s literary world as well and many of the writers around Gorey were in attendance to help celebrate the emergence of Bohemian Whirlpools,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

On the evening, readings from by Veronica Lombard, Mary Keogh Hansen and Anne Colgan and Odhran Somers. While the owner of Redbooks Wally O\u2019Neill was also in attendance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an evening to be remembered,\u201d Anne said.<\/p>\n

\"Anita<\/p>\n

Anita Carroll, Anne Ireton and Regina Redmond at Anne Ireton’s Book Launch of her new book Bohemian Whirlpools at The Gorey Library. PHOTO: Sabrina Ffrench<\/p>\n

Bohemian Whirlpools has been published with Redbooks in Wexford town, and has been edited by Wexford author, Alanna Hammel. As publisher, Redbooks held an official launch on Saturday, October 11 to celebrate Anne\u2019s sophomore novel.<\/p>\n

Currently, Anne leads the Wordsmiths writers\u2019 group at Gorey Library, where local writers meet to support and encourage creative writing in the community. She previously published two collections of poems and short stories and contributed to the Gorey Writers Group anthology Taking Flight.<\/p>\n

Bohemian Whirlpools is now available for purchase online and at Redbooks in Wexford town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anne Ireton from Courtown said the launch was an \u201coutstanding success\u201d, and said the library was filled with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266],"tags":[807,359,18,117,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-131480","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-alan-white","9":"tag-books","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}