VIDEO: Treats galore for UCC’s Harry Potter Yule Ball

It was butterbeers, firewhiskey and pumpkin juice all round as hundreds of UCC’s best witches and wizards attended the magical Yule Ball.

The university’s Harry Potter Society plays host this weekend to Triwizard Tournamnet with NUIG, DCU and UCD, and in preparation the function room at the Clarion Hotel was transformed into a winter wonderland with Christmas trees, fake snow, fairy lights, balloons and candles hanging from the ceiling mirroring the Great Hall at Hogwarts Castle.

“We were trying to keep it as close to the book as we possibly could. It is basically a Christmas ball which is what it is in the movie,” founding member of the Harry Potter Society Kelly Coyle said.