Midnight… 20 July 2007… An eagerly awaited time for numerous children, teenagers and not a few adults. Harry Potter was coming to bookshops all over the world to cast his magic spell. In Sandymount too, despite heavy rain, there was a long queue from ‘Books on the Green’ to experience his magnetic magic.

Most were locals but some came from as far off as America. Pictured at the witching hour, little Katie Berigan, rose to the occasion in her beautiful wizard outfit.