Games

Quidditch Inspired Board Game Launched On Kickstarter

November 16, 2020 Brian Dooley

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Inspired by the the magical game of quidditch, Knight Games have launched a Kickstarter for Harry Potter: Catch the Snitch. The game has players pick from a number of teams, including the houses of Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor, as you compete in a game of quidditch. Each team has unique playstyles, while you use […]

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Anime

History Maker – Dean Fujioka – Track of the Day

January 18, 2018 Niamh Ennis

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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 […]

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Event

Quidditch: Ireland’s Up and Coming Sport

November 24, 2016 Niamh Ennis

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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?), […]

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Buzz

Dublin Quidditch Team At DIT Freshers Week

September 20, 2016 Niamh Ennis

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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 […]

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Books

Team Ireland’s Heads Are Held High After Quidditch World Cup

July 28, 2016 Niamh Ennis

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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 […]

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Buzz

Ireland vs Belgium Quidditch World Cup to be Live-streamed + Match Times

July 23, 2016 Niamh Ennis

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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 […]

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Books

Team Ireland Heading For Frankfurt Quidditch World Cup

July 17, 2016 Niamh Ennis

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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 […]

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Buzz

Second Open Quidditch Training Hits Dublin This Sunday

June 25, 2016 Niamh Ennis

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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 […]

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Culture

Dublin Quidditch Team Hosts First Open Training Session

June 14, 2016 Niamh Ennis

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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 […]

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Books

Geek N’ Bake: Harry Potter Golden Snitch Cake Pops

December 18, 2015 Declan Doody

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Other than some crisps there hasn’t been a whole lot of baking just yet! Sure we’ve boiled, brewed and stirred some wonderful concoctions but we haven’t gotten stuck into a mixing bowl. Well that’s about to change! I have always wondered why wizards and witches of all ages were so obsessed with Quidditch – it […]

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