Does Hogwarts include Irish (Eire) students? (was: Re: Wizarding population of UK)

[John Walton]

No: HPFGUIDX 30241

pengolodh_sc at yahoo.no wrote:

>> o  The statistics I used were for the UK excluding Ireland,
>> while  Hogwarts includes Irish students.  This would tend to
>> skew the total significantly down from where I ended up.
> 
> We do not know that Hogwarts includes students from the Republic of
> Ireland, since Seamus very easily could be from Northern Ireland,
> which is part of the United Kingdom.

Hmm. My Northern Irish friend reliably informs me that "Seamus Finnigan" is
a *very* Southern Irish name. People (Muggles, anyway) from NI would
possibly not support Ireland to the extent that Seamus does in GoF at the
QWC.

Also, both Jim Dale and Stephen Fry give him an Irish lilt rather than a NI
lilt. (Similarly, and with a slight caveat for a movie aside, Devon Murray's
accent in the film is SO Southern Irish.)

Okay, it's not basing it on much more than his name. But JKR does have a way
of painting people with their names...

--John

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