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.

VIDEO: Spellbound wannabes sorted at 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.

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