On the mornings surrounding the Winter Solstice, the passage and chamber of Newgrange are aligned with the rising sun. The light enters about four minutes after sunrise, but calculations based on ...

In the Northern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice occurs when the sun shines directly over the tropic of Capricorn. Newgrange, a Neolithic passage tomb that is older than the pyramids in Egypt ...

While sixteen lucky were preparing to witness the winter solstice from inside ... carried a torch through the night to Newgrange, where they welcomed the sunrise to a chorus of drumbeats.

also joined the hundreds of people to witness the sunrise on the shortest day of the year. “I absolutely love Newgrange, and Knowth and Dowth. Coming here today on the winter solstice is always ...

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 ...

As we move into January, the much-celebrated ‘stretch’ in the evenings will become more apparent People gather at Newgrange to mark sunrise on the Winter Solstice Saturday marks the shortest ...

The winter solstice, which occurs around December 21 each year, marks the shortest day and longest night of the year. At Newgrange, during the sunrise on the mornings around the winter solstice ...

Speaking after the sunrise this morning ... For many who gather at Newgrange each Winter Solstice, the event marks a pause or resetting as people celebrate in the knowledge that summer is on ...

Many still gather at Newgrange on Winter Solstice morning. While the chosen few who have won the lottery will be inside at sunrise, hundreds more will sing and dance or simply stand in awe.

In Ireland, similar celebrations happened at the prehistoric monument of Newgrange ... the solstice does not mark the earliest sunset of the year, or the latest sunrise. The mornings will continue ...