Dougal McBride

Dougal McBride
Title(s)	Seeker
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation
Occupation	Professional Seeker for the Pride of Portree
Quidditch team	Pride of Portree
Loyalty	Pride of Portree

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Dougal McBride was the Seeker for the Pride of Portree. During a match with the Appleby Arrows, he crashed into the opposing team's Seeker, Gregory Cotton, while both were racing to catch the Golden Snitch. Cotton came out holding the Snitch, but an altercation with McBride ensued, during which jinxes were illegally exchanged, and McBride transfigured Cotton's head into a cabbage. McBride defended his actions to the referee, Josiah Plunkett, by claiming that Cotton had hit him with a Jelly-Fingers Curse during the race for the Snitch, and thus deserved to be "cabbaged."

Etymology

The name "Dougal" is the anglicised form of the Gaelic name Dubhghall, which meant "dark stranger" from dubh "dark" and gall "stranger".

Appearances

• Daily Prophet Newsletters

Notes and references

Quidditch Positions