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This is all the standard disclaimer stuff, please skip on to the next chapter unless you really are interested in this. I decided to put all of this in one chapter by itself, rather than inflict it on everyone at the beginning of every chapter.
The story takes place in the first half of September in Harry Potter's fifth year at Hogwart's. The story follows the narrator, a first year by the name of Owen O'Donnell, as he becomes involved in a story, that begins as one of horror. The story is set in twelve chapters, with a Prologue and an Epilogue. The epilogue is for the traditional happy ending, where are they now, that everyone likes.
The Harry Potter characters are, as we all know, the property of JK Rowling. I have included a character named Walter, who is a later version of the title character in my short story, The Magic Life of Walter Mitty. I should therefore give credit to James Thurber for creating the original character on which Walter is based.
As Owen is Irish, a fair amount of Gaelic is used in the story. Footnote are included to give the meanings and pronunciations. In all cases, inflection is not noted, as I do not have a Gaelic oriented keyboard. For those who are interested, I deliberately took most of the phrases I used from The Trinity College, Dublin, website, Interactive Irish On The Net. The following web address should bring you to a page called Interactive Irish Lessons.
(www.maths.tcd.ie/gaeilge/gaelic.html)
I apologize in advance for any errors in spelling. Gaelic is a second language for me, and one that I am poor at. Otherwise, I wish you a happy read.
Sincerly,
HiBob