A brave memoir of rape, resilience and justice
In this powerful memoir, Bláthnaid Raleigh recounts the night she was raped during a trip to the Galway Arts Festival in 2019 and the five-year aftermath that followed. She lays bare the impact on her life, family and community, refusing to let one predator’s actions define who she is or the future she chooses.
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Aftermath: My Story
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A brave memoir of rape, resilience and justice
In this powerful memoir, Bláthnaid Raleigh recounts the night she was raped during a trip to the Galway Arts Festival in 2019 and the five-year aftermath that followed. She lays bare the impact on her life, family and community, refusing to let one predator’s actions define who she is or the future she chooses.
- Book Synopsis
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In July 2019, Bláthnaid Raleigh travelled from Mullingar to Galway to join in the festivities of the Galway Arts Festivals. She and her friends found themselves in the company of another group from Mullingar. The hours went by as pub gave way to afterparty in a nearby house.
There, this night like any other took the most sinister of turns when Jonathan Moran raped Bláthnaid.
Back in their hometown, Bláthnaid would spend the next five years living with the effects; her attacker, unable to be identified for legal reasons, continued his life working, socialising and playing rugby.
Meanwhile, Bláthnaid's brother quietly left Mullingar Rugby Club because of Moran, suffering abuse from former clubmates for transferring and even having to face off against his sister's rapist in a match.
Aftermath is the story of the impact rape had on Bláthnaid's life and the wider effects on her family and community. It is also testimony to one woman's determination not to allow the actions of one predator define her life.
- About The Author
- Bláthnaid Raleigh is from Co. Westmeath. She grew up in rural Ireland, the youngest of three children. Bláthnaid is passionate about her career in education and looking for ways to bring her advocacy work into her day-to-day job.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781804583210
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Gill Books, (02 October 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 320
- Weight
- 355 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 153 mm
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