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Organisers of the Harry Potter-themed quiz in aid of the Irish Cancer Society at O’Donnells Mounthawk on Wednesday night. From left; Michelle and Deirdre McCarthy, Martina Quirke and Claire McCarthy Photo by Dermot Crean
IF you want to get a crowd to come to your table quiz, make it Harry Potter-themed!
That seems to be the message from O’Donnells in Mounthawk on Wednesday night, as around 200 people took up tables for a quiz to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Society and to remember Ballymac woman, Marian McCarthy, who passed away from cancer in January.
The response was incredible as there was 47 tables entered at €20 a table. Many made the effort, dressing as characters from the books/movies and they certainly knew their stuff, as at the end there was a tie-breaker with three tables deadlocked on 78 out of 80 each.
“The reaction is out of this world. So many people are dressed up and put so much time into their costumes, it’s amazing,” said Marian’s daughter Michelle McCarthy, who organised the quiz with her sisters, Deirdre and Claire.
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“We thought we were prepared but we ran out of paper and pens and had to get more,” added her sister Deirdre.
Later that night, Michelle told us how much they raised.
“We raised a total of €1475 for the Irish Cancer Society and are absolutely blown away by all the support and the massive turn out. We just want to thank everyone that helped out, both on the night and throughout the organising, this wouldn’t of been possible without ye. A massive thanks to everyone that donated prizes and to the staff at O’Donnells for taking such great care of us. There are some real die-hard Harry Potter fans out there,” she added.
This isn’t the end of their fundraising to honour Marian’s memory.
A group of 12 – including daughters, Michelle, Deirdre, Claire, god-daughter/niece Martina, sisters Breda, Mairead, Eileen, Trish, Denise and her three sister in laws Denise, Hannah and Siobhan – are going to Dublin on June 6 for the VHI women’s mini marathon in aid of the Irish Cancer Society.
Marian participated in the mini marathon along with her siblings to raise money for motor neuron disease after their father Sean passed from the illness in 2002. She and her five sisters then went on to complete the New York City marathon in 2005 for the same cause. Scroll down for photos…
Ruth Falvey, Denise Hanbidge, Padraig Falvey and Shannon Hanbidge at the Harry Potter-themed quiz in aid of the Irish Cancer Society at O’Donnells Mounthawk on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Kelvin Reidy, Richard Kelly, Eric Boylan and Eoghan O’Leary at the Harry Potter-themed quiz in aid of the Irish Cancer Society at O’Donnells Mounthawk on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Gearoid O’Doherty, Kate Feeney, David O’Dea and Doireann Ní Mhuircheartaigh at the Harry Potter-themed quiz in aid of the Irish Cancer Society at O’Donnells Mounthawk on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Grainne O’Carroll, Nora Kearney and Doireann Tarrant at the Harry Potter-themed quiz in aid of the Irish Cancer Society at O’Donnells Mounthawk on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Conor O’Shea, Ryan Williams, Brian O’Sullivan and Rebecca Hawkins at the Harry Potter-themed quiz in aid of the Irish Cancer Society at O’Donnells Mounthawk on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Deirdre Hegarty, Orla O’Connor, Sarah McLoughlin and Sarah Kelliher at the Harry Potter-themed quiz in aid of the Irish Cancer Society at O’Donnells Mounthawk on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Alec Magee, Andrea Dolan, Abby Dolan and Megan Hobbs at the Harry Potter-themed quiz in aid of the Irish Cancer Society at O’Donnells Mounthawk on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Darragh McMahon, Rianna Ward, Nicky Marshall and Shane Fitzgerald at the Harry Potter-themed quiz in aid of the Irish Cancer Society at O’Donnells Mounthawk on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Dominic Hurley, Darragh Lynch, Janna Foley and Emer Lynch at the Harry Potter-themed quiz in aid of the Irish Cancer Society at O’Donnells Mounthawk on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Justyna Klimas, Martha Hughes, Coren Hughes, Martin Hughes, Emily Fitzgerald and Julia Klimas at the Harry Potter-themed quiz in aid of the Irish Cancer Society at O’Donnells Mounthawk on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
A group enjoying the Harry Potter-themed quiz in aid of the Irish Cancer Society at O’Donnells Mounthawk on Wednesday night. Included are Martin Quirke, Kathleen Silles, Eileen O’Shea, Mary and Melissa Ciepierski, Mairead Moore, Eileen Kennedy, Anne Eager and Hazel Evans and Reidy. Photo by Dermot Crean
