At sunrise on the shortest day of the year, for 17 minutes, direct sunlight enters the Newgrange monument in Co Meath to illuminate the Chamber, not through the doorway, but through the specially ...

it was too late to fully illuminate the Neolithic tomb's central chamber but that did not dampen the spirits of the largest crowd to attend the Winter Solstice at Newgrange in over ten years.

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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 ...

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.

The Winter Solstice will once again be livestreamed to the general public from inside the ancient passage tomb at Newgrange, the Office of Public Works (OPW) has announced. This year, the ...

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 ...

A passage tomb is a burial chamber usually set within a circular mound that is accessible via a passage – those at Newgrange and Slieve Gullion are estimated to be about 5,000 years old.

Those who made their way to Newgrange were not disappointed ... It illuminated the passageway and inner chamber of the Stone Age tomb, as it has done on the winter solstice for thousands of ...