Eimear Burke

## Eimear Wilhelmina Clodagh Burke

**Eimear Wilhelmina Clodagh Burke** (born 12 June 1980) was an Irish (with her mother being Austrian) pure-blood witch and was the daughter of James Burke and Margarethe Burke (née Wagner). Being in a pure-blood family, she was taught about pure-blood ideology and supremacy. Eimear took pride in this, but had never accused anyone for not being pure-blood. Her childhood best friends were her elder sister Grainne and elder brother Dáithí. She wasn't very close to her cousins since her mother's cousins lived in Austria and her father had never really socialised with his sister because of the age gap. She had two other pure-blood children (from England) that she played with - Elisabeth Macmillan and Theodore Nott (whom she called Teddy as a nickname). Eimear was also very close to her paternal second cousin: Draco Malfoy. He once said that she was 'the sister I never had".

Eimear attended attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1991 to 1997 and was sorted into Slytherin House. She quickly made friends with other of her housemates. She still mainly spent her time with Elisabeth and Theodore, with a new member in their group this time - Draco Malfoy. After Christmas, the group met two other girls - Beatrix Selwyn and Evangeline 'Eva' Lestrange who became part of their group too. Eimear excelled at classes such as Transfiguration, Defence Against the Dark Arts (despite using Dark Magic herself) and Potions. She later studied Alchemy and Study of Ancient Runes. She especially excelled at Alchemy. She was later made Prefect for her house (along with her friend Draco). She was also a Chaser for the Slytherin Quidditch Team.

## Biography

### Early Life (1980s)

Eimear Wilhelmina Clodagh Burke was born on 12 June, 1980 to James Burke and Margarethe Burke (née Wagner) at Burke Estate, Connemara Co. Galway, Ireland. Her parents (both whom were pure-blood) were born into wealthy, old pure-blood families. The Burkes were mostly sorted into Slytherin, but had a some members in the family sorted into other houses as well. Her mother on the other hand, was actually Austrian. The school she attended was unknown, but she most likely attended Durmstrang Institute. Though because her mother was Austrian, it make her half Irish and half Austrian. Eimear can speak English, Irish, German and Russian fluently.

   Her parents wanted her to be a kind, optimistic and caring girl. Before attending Hogwarts, Eimear stayed mainly at the Burke Manor in England, instead of the one in Ireland, though they did go back once in a while. She was taught English Literature, Latin, Irish, German, French, Russian and Ettiquette mostly by her mother herself, but Irish, French and English Literature was taught by hired tutors. Her aunt Magdalena (her mother's sister), who lived in Russia after moving out at 17. Her aunt also stayed at Slovakia and Bulgaria for long periods of time. Her father taught her a lot of Irish as well. Her father also got Eimear very interested in the Dark Arts. He showed her curses and hexes but told her only to use them if necessary. Her parents also encouraged her to read about things that interested her, so she could gain knowledge. She soon picked up a liking for reading and a few other hobbies because of reading.

Eimear's parents also taught her about pure-blood ideology and supremacy and told her to take pride in it. But they told her not to have prejudice against anyone who was not pure-blood and not to worry too much about it.

#### Friendship (1980s)

Since Eimear mainly spent time in the Burke Manor in New Forest, Hampshire, she spent more time with her two best friends (in England) - Theodore Nott (whom she calls Teddy) and Elisabeth Macmillan. They lived near Hampshire, with Theodore living in Wiltshire and Elisabeth living in Surrey, they could frequently visit each other.

   The three enjoyed collecting memories, enjoying music and just talking in general. Theodore and Eimear enjoyed playing Quidditch, but Elisabeth wasn't very fond of it. She watched them play instead. They also enjoyed spending time in the library quietly reading and playing around in the hallways (which got them into some trouble, but they did it nonetheless).

Other friends she had were two girls who lived nearby in her neighbourhood - Caoimhe O'Neil and Aisling Walsh. With them, Eimear spent more time outdoors in the forest and in the wild. They'd frequently go explore nature, which Eimear would get a little scared of, but she enjoyed spending time in the wild with her two friends.

She also spent a lot of time with her siblings, specifically Dáithí and Grainne. Dáithí would complain about being the heir to the family and being proper all the time, whilst Grainne always joked that she was a 'wild Irishwoman'. Eimear spent time with her siblings by reading with them and playing music with them. They played a little bit of Quidditch. She and Dáithí often talked to Grainne as she painted too. The three would also spend time in the gardens outside, where they would run around and enjoy the fresh air. Her siblings also taught her a couple of spells before she attended Hogwarts.

#### Hobbies (1980s)

Eimear specifically enjoys playing her violin. Though she spends time on the piano as well. She has always insisted on going to the ballroom to practice, where the family's Steinway Grand Piano is. She also says the acoustics there are much better. She enjoys playing pieces mainly by Bach, on both piano and violin. She also enjoys playing pieces by Paganini (she says she can always use 'I need to practice Paganini' as an excuse to get out of situations) and Tchaikovsky's 'Violin Concerto in D Major'. She likes playing Mendelssohn's 'Violin Concerto in E Minor' as well (she introduced the piece to her friend Eva). On the piano, she enjoyed playing Chopin's pieces, especially his Nocturnes. She also likes playing some of Schumann's pieces, especially 'Träumerei' from 'Kinderszenen'. She enjoys playing Mozart's pieces too.

Another hobby she had was collecting memories. Though she only started this after she got a wand. She would go with her friends and collect any forgotten memories. She would also extract some of her own memories which she wanted to forget and throw them into the family pensieve which she discovered at the age of 9, hidden behind a secret door, which was behind the last bookshelf in the library at Burke House in England. It was half a level higher than where the library was. When she was 13, she remembered the pensieve and she looked for information about memories and pensieves in the school library as well as the library in the both of the estates (Burke House in England and Burke Estate in Ireland). By 15, she had sorted out most of the memories by alphabetical order (by the first names), though there were some miscellaneous ones. She had handwritten the labels and organised the glass door shelf. After that, she actually started collecting memories.

One other main hobby of Eimear's was reading. Specifically about the Dark Arts. She enjoys reading about curses, jinxes and hexes. She also likes reading about history. Whether it be about her own family or other things that have happened. In the Burke House Library in England, there are books by muggle authors as well, and she figured she'd read those too. She's enjoyed quite a few of them in fact. Since she has such a big interest in music, she reads about that as well. When she started going to Hogwarts, Eimear spent quite a lot of time in the library as well, further emphasising how much she likes reading.

### Hogwarts Years (1990s)

#### First Year (1991-1992)

Eimear received her Hogwarts acceptance letter in the summer of 1991. Since her friends also got their acceptance letters, her parents offered to take them to Diagon Alley to get their supplies as well. So along with Theodore, Elisabeth and the rest of their siblings, they went off to get their things. Eimear also got herself a Barn Owl and named her 'Cara', which is Irish for 'friend'.

Once at Hogwarts, Eimear was sorted into Slytherin - as expected. She quickly made friends with other members of Slytherin House and was much liked by a lot of her house-mates. Some prominent friends she made were Draco Malfoy, Beatrix Selwyn and Evangeline 'Eva' Lestrange. She did stay close to Theodore and Elisabeth though, especially Theodore. She spent most of her time in the library and playing her violin. After she found out Eva could play the violin too, the two spent more time in the dorms playing music on the violin. They both enjoyed playing pieces to each other, but they mostly enjoyed playing violin duets such as Bach's 'Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor', Sarasate's 'Navarra Op. 33' and Mozart's 'Concertone in C Major for Two Violins and Orchestra K. 190'. They would practice together as well.

Eimear went home for the summer break and brought Eva with her (under both parents' consent) so they could have fun and play the violin together. Eva stayed over for the entirety of the summer break and they both went to the train station together for their second year.

#### Second Year (1992-1993)

Eimear bought herself a broom whilst on their visit to Diagon Alley, because she wished to try out for the Slytherin Quidditch team.