While sixteen lucky were preparing to witness the winter solstice from ... sunset which pierced the inner chamber of Dowth, they carried a torch through the night to Newgrange, where they welcomed ...

the beam widens and the whole chamber is illuminated for 17 minutes. The OPW says the solar alignment of the passage tomb at Newgrange to face the rising sun on the Winter Solstice is a ...

The winter solstice sunrise from the chamber at Newgrange in Co Meath is to be streamed online for the second year in a row because of Covid-19 concerns, the Office of Public Works (OPW ...

At Newgrange, in County Meath, it's the rising solstice sun that illuminates the famous chamber – in Cailleach Beara's house on top of Slieve Gullion, it's the setting sun. The winter solstice ...

Brighter days to come have been celebrated in gatherings to mark the Winter Solstice ... also took at Newgrange in Co Meath, a Neolithic passage tomb which dates to 3,200BC, and a lucky group ...

Some ancient monuments such as Newgrange, Stonehenge, Cahokia Woodhenge and Ahu Tongariki are aligned with the sunrise or sunset on the winter solstice. There is evidence that the winter solstice ...

Slieve Gulllion is home to the highest surviving passage tomb in Ireland [Laurence Magee/Newry Mourne and Down Council] If Newgrange ... the winter solstice it goes to the back of the chamber.