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"I'm half and half. Me dad's a Muggle. Mam didn't tell him she was a witch 'til after they were married. Bit of a nasty shock for him."
Seamus Finnigan regarding his family[src]

Finnigan was the surname of an Irish Muggle family, though they had some magical blood, since one family member married a witch; their son Seamus was also a wizard.[1]

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Etymology[]

Finnigan is a fairly common Irish surname. Finnegan's Wake is a popular comedic Irish ballad, as well as the basis for the title of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.

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Notes and references[]

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 7 (The Sorting Hat)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 27 (The Centaur and the Sneak)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 29 (The Lost Diadem)
  4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 17 (A Sluggish Memory)
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