VIDEO: Spellbound wannabes sorted at UCC

It was butterbeers all around as hundreds of muggles and wannabe wizards queued in the Quad for the inaugural Sorting Hat ceremony in UCC.

The ritual was inspired by the Harry Potter series where every year first year entering Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and proved to be a magical event for the Harry Potter Society at UCC as 590 students took part.

Die-hard Potter fans had a “siriusly” good night as they queued for hours before being sorted into one of the four houses of Hogwarts: Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Gryffindor.