Although rumours of a Quidditch movie made on location in Wexford are far from true, Quidditch is making its way into Ireland. At present there are at least five active teams in the country. Most are associated with universities, much like how the sport sprung up in America. Dublin city alone has three teams (DIT?), […]
Dublin’s premier Quidditch team is moving forward with it’s plan for world domination by recruiting at major local universities. The newly named team, the triple alliteration of Dublin Draoíchta Dragons, has a new logo and is gearing up for Freshers Week at DIT’s Grangegorman campus. The no longer fictional sport is known for gathering around […]
Quidditch Ireland released a statement today regarding the team’s first trip to the Quidditch World Cup, and it’s an inspiring one. We previously reported that Team Ireland were up against difficult odds in their first pool. They played against world class Belgium as well as 2016’s eventual winners Australia. It is this writer’s opinion that […]
Quidditch Ireland’s official Facebook page has just updated with the match times for the Quidditch World Cup this weekend. We previously reported that Team Ireland would be attending the Quidditch World Cup for the first time this year and the games were to be held in Frankfurt, Germany, The Team, consisting of 21 players of Irish […]
With only a week to go to the Quidditch World Cup in Frankfurt Germany, The Arcade is getting behind Team Ireland. The team, made up of twenty one players of Irish descent from both Ireland and the UK, has been drawn into pool 2 for the first round, joined by teams from Belgium, Australia and Slovakia. This is Ireland’s […]
Dublin Quidditch is relatively new but is going well so the time is ripe for new members to join. After the Arcade’s first article on this group was published there was some buzz from readers hoping to learn more and more importantly when the next session would be. The team founded primarily by two experienced […]
Muggle Quidditch has been going for about ten years the other side of the Atlantic but it’s only beginning to pick up as a sport in Ireland. Many will laugh and say “Are you for real? It’s a fictional sport!”. Quidditch, although formally fictional and only existing in the world of Harry Potter, is gaining […]
Much like many people in January, the new year new active me takes a while to kick in properly. What starts as positive more advanced Yoga etc class sign-up doesn’t continue past week 2,for various reasons. This can make motivation even worse and I’m a lot of people can relate. So there’s many tracks I […]
Every so often I like to re-read one of the Harry Potter books. This time however, I had a number of reasons; to prepare to re-watch the film and to re-read the third novel. As fans will know, the orchestral accompaniment series of film screening at The Bord Gáis Energy Theatre is continuing with Chamber […]
Given that Harry wasn’t raised by his parents (cue audible sob) , it’s surprising that he turned out so well. Most believe in a nature and nurture mix, but Harry seemed to succeed on nature alone. Some may argue that it’s in reaction to such cruelty that he aimed to be better. Harry’s reaction to […]
