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Éireamhón Ó'Fionnbarra
Status:
Half-blood
Nationality:
Irish
Residence:
Tuar Mhic Éadaigh, Ireland
Function:
First year, Slytherin
Wand:
25,3 cm cherry wood and dragon heartstring
I share an IP address with the account Kaye Gourley but I have permission to replace Kaye with this account from staff.


Éireamhón Ó'Fionnbarra

Pronunciation: air-eem-hon o'fee-han-barre
Anglicized Name: Eiran

Birthday: July 3rd
Age: 11

Family: Maire O'Fionnbarra (mother), Byron O'Fionnbarra (father), Ailithir O'Fionnbarra (brother).

About:
The boy hails from a family that is proudly Irish, although it is a mixed family. His mother Maire has no magic to speak of (and in fact, did not know that magic existed at all until Eiran's eleventh birthday, which caused an uproar). Her dream in life was to become a college professor but when Maire became pregnant with her first child (Eiran's older brother Ailithir) she had to make a choice. Being a mother was difficult at first but she got the hang of it, and even entertained the thought of going back to school once Ailithir was older - but then she found herself pregnant a second time, and with two rambunctious boys to care for and a husband often away on business, she was stuck.

Her husband Byron, on the other hand, is a pure-blood from a very old wizarding family. He was excommunicated from the family after falling in love with a Muggle and marrying her, which at first sounded like a romantic way of starting his next stage of life. Byron has worked infrequently with the Ministry of Magic throughout his adulthood, often sent to visit various locations of the UK (muggle-based as well as wizard-based) as a consultant in various regards. His work kept him away from the family through the bulk of his kid's early development and likely helped in seeding a certain level of resentment within his wife Maire. Whenever he did come home, it was like Christmas for the boys - he would spent so much time cavorting around with Ail and Eiran (thinking he was giving Maire a break from the children) that they soon saw him as the fun parent and began asking to see their father more and more often, breaking Maire's heart.

Byron soon learned of Eiran's affinity for magic and was over the moon, sometimes cutting his trips short so that he could show up a day or two early and spend one-on-one time with his youngest. Eiran learned of magic through his father and was quietly tutored in some of the easier avenues; but this put a further strain on the relationship between his parents, and soon his relationship with his brother Ailithir began to suffer as well. Byron tried to test his eldest son for magic as well, but it soon came to light that Ailithir was not graced with the same abilities - that he was a squib. Finally, when the owls began to arrive for Eiran on his eleventh birthday, the truth had to come out.

Since that day Maire and Ail have left the family; she is afraid of magic, resentful of her husband, and worried for her children. Maire left Eiran with his father because "like belongs with like" and with that, filed for separation from the marriage. It was a tumultuous birthday for Eiran, and the following months proved to be even harder. Byron did his best to keep his son occupied with fetching supplies and preparing him with stories of Hogwarts and the wizarding world, but soon enough Eiran was so overwhelmed with this entirely new side of the world that he began to shut down. He missed his mother, and he missed his best friend, but he knew there was nothing he could do right now to fix anything.

And then, the first day of school was just around the corner.