December 21, only means one thing — the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. After months of seeing it get darker earlier and earlier, it’s finally time to get through the Winter Solstice — ...

As sunlight floods through the Neolithic passage tomb Newgrange once a year, it's as though our ancestors are reaching out to us. The 2024 Winter Solstice occurs on Wednesday, December 21 ...

Ireland's first male interfaith minister was among those leading winter solstice festivities at Newgrange on Saturday. Enda Donnellan, who lives close to the area and was ordained as Ireland’s first ...

The annual solstice gathering also took at Newgrange in Co Meath, a Neolithic passage tomb which dates to 3,200BC, and a lucky group witnessed the flooding of light into the inner chamber.

Newgrange, a Neolithic passage tomb that is older than the pyramids in Egypt, is located in the Boyne Valley, Co Meath. It features a 19m-long passage that leads into a chamber with three alcoves.

Newgrange in County Meath is older than both the Pyramids of Giza and Stonehenge DNA has been used to confirm the existence of an elite social class in the Stone Age inhabitants of Ireland.

On the solstice, the sun rises at 08:44 GMT and sets at 15:59 in Belfast, offering seven hours and 15 minutes of daylight. By 1 January, the days will lengthen to seven hours and 23 minutes and by ...

While sixteen lucky were preparing to witness the winter solstice from inside the chamber at Newgrange, another intimate gathering of 100 people, from all walks of life were meeting on the other ...

Hundreds gathered outside the chamber at Newgrange in Co Meath for the annual winter solstice event, marking the triumph of light over darkness. However, just a lucky few got to witness up close ...

Newgrange’s annual spectacular light show on the shortest day of the year is almost upon us and this year, you will be able to watch the event unfold in a live webcast. The Office of Public ...

Crowds gathered from early on Saturday at Newgrange in Co Meath to honour the Celtic tradition of marking the winter solstice on the shortest day and longest night of the year. Newgrange is a ...