Editing Irvine Welsh (section)

==Personal life==
Welsh married Beth Quinn in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattin |first=David |date=12 August 2006 |title=The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs by Irvine Welsh |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-bedroom-secrets-of-the-master-chefs-by-irvine-welsh-411705.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312103247/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-bedroom-secrets-of-the-master-chefs-by-irvine-welsh-411705.html |archive-date=12 March 2024 |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> They were later divorced in 2018.<ref name=":1" /> They had lived together in the [[Lake View, Chicago|Lakeview]] neighbourhood of [[Chicago]], USA,<ref name=":1" /> since 2009.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 January 2017 |title=Irvine 'Trainspotting' Welsh lives in Chicago and has a new project: a pop opera |url=http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-92429730/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413224112/http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-92429730/ |archive-date=13 April 2020 |access-date=26 February 2017 |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> Prior to Chicago, he lived in Dublin.<ref>{{cite news |last= Welsh |first= Irvine |title= Irvine Welsh: In the past 15 years Dublin has gone from being Calcutta to Paris |url= http://www.independent.ie/travel/irvine-welsh-in-the-past-15-years-dublin-has-gone-from-being-calcutta-to-paris-1198978.html |access-date= 17 February 2012 |newspaper= [[The Irish Independent]] |date= 18 October 2007 |archive-date= 20 November 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071120213300/http://www.independent.ie/travel/irvine-welsh-in-the-past-15-years-dublin-has-gone-from-being-calcutta-to-paris-1198978.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Murphy |first= Claire |title= Author can't find buyer for his Dublin home |url= http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/author-cant-find-buyer-for-his-dublin-home-1599982.html |access-date= 17 February 2012 |newspaper= [[Evening Herald]] |date= 13 January 2009 |archive-date= 18 April 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220418010715/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/entertainment/around-town/author-cant-find-buyer-for-his-dublin-home-27898139.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Hattenstone |first=Simon |date=17 March 2018 |title=Irvine Welsh: 'When you get older, it's harder to be a bastard' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/17/irvine-welsh-when-older-harder-be-bastard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014091358/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/17/irvine-welsh-when-older-harder-be-bastard |archive-date=14 October 2018 |access-date=14 October 2018 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> In 2018, he was living in [[Miami]], USA.<ref name=":1" />

In 2022, he married Emma Currie, an actor and sister of Scottish musician [[Momus (musician)|Momus]].<ref>{{cite web |date=10 August 2022 |title=Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh marries actress Emma Currie |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/irvine-welsh-instagram-scottish-danny-boyle-ewan-mcgregor-b2142612.html |website=[[Independent.co.uk]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Flockhart |first=Gary |date=11 August 2022 |title=Irvine Welsh: Trainspotting author marries former Taggart star Emma Currie |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/irvine-welsh-trainspotting-author-marries-former-taggart-star-emma-currie-3801258 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813003451/https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/irvine-welsh-trainspotting-author-marries-former-taggart-star-emma-currie-3801258 |archive-date=13 August 2022 |access-date=29 September 2023 |work=Edinburgh Evening News}}</ref>

In Welsh's early 20s, he was addicted to heroin for 18 months while playing in punk-rock bands moving between Edinburgh and London.<ref name=":1" />

Welsh is an avid supporter of [[Hibernian F.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Irvine Welsh fears relegation for Hibs after poor start to campaign|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49804807|publisher=BBC|access-date=1 May 2020|date=29 September 2019|archive-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927174433/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49804807|url-status=live}}</ref> and of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/jan/10/scottish-independence-british-irvine-welsh | title= Scottish independence will allow us to become more British, says Irvine Welsh | work= The Guardian | date= 10 January 2013 | access-date= 15 June 2021 |author=Press Association | archive-date= 16 June 2021 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210616043258/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/jan/10/scottish-independence-british-irvine-welsh | url-status= live }}</ref>