READ MORE: Electric Picnic speculation rife that popular band could reunite for surprise appearance John’s driving me mad.” The words fall out of my mouth accidentally. “He said that ourselves getting married any time in the near future was a bit of a far-fetched idea.” Breen and McLysaght first developed Aisling as a bit of fun, a way of noticing young women “up from the country”, working and living in Dublin (McLysaght is originally from Kildare and Breen is from Carlow). When their Aisling Facebook group had grown to tens of thousands of members, Irish publishers Gill approached them about writing a book. The series has now sold almost 475,000 copies. Five books later, and Aisling is firmly embedded in Irish popular culture alongside characters such as Paul Howard’s Ross O’Carroll-Kelly and Marian Keyes’s Walsh family. I’m no Fine Gaeler but when you get a personal missive from the office of the taoiseach, you text your mother and then put it away for safe keeping

The match is in extra time with less than a minute to go,” I point out, nodding at the telly. “You were out for the count.” Illustration from Aisling Ever After, the final book in the Oh My God, What A Complete Aisling series by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen. Illustration: Lauren O'Neill

And the authors teased that the final book has been ramped up for a big finale, with saucy sections that had their publishers pulses racing.

Aisling spends two nights a week at her boyfriend John’s. He’s from down home and was kiss number seventeen at her twenty-first. Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen, authors of Oh My God, What A Complete Aisling and The Importance of Being Aisling Meanwhile, in Ballygobbard, it’s all go. Baby showers are the new hen parties, Mammy and Dr Trevor are more serious than Aisling thought, and the prospect of two evil stepsisters has her doubting her place in the family. Pulled between head, heart and home, Aisling strives to finally create her own happy ever after.” The hotly anticipated second book in the Aisling trilogy, The Importance of Being Aisling, is set for release on September 20th. The women I am having brunch with (brunch is a "notions" meal observed by notions Dublin types, and Aisling would strongly favour a sandwich with chips on the side) tell stories of Aislings they know or work with, or tell stories about themselves in an attempt to prove they are "actually a complete Aisling really".And we said listen, all the best things come to an end…and we said we’d rather go out on a high than to drag it along after us.” McLysaght is from Kill, County Kildare. After secondary school, she attended Trinity College Dublin, where she studied biology for a short time. In 2003, she switched courses to a Higher National Diploma in media studies at Ballyfermot College of Further Education where she met her friend and future co-author Sarah Breen. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in media production from Dublin City University, obtaining first class honours. In 2012, McLysaght completed a Master's degree in international relations, again achieving first class honours. She dedicated her first book to her late father, who died in 2008. [1] [3] [4] Career [ edit ]