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Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences From RTÉ Archives, hundreds gather at Newgrange to mark Winter Solstice Some 2,300 years ago, Aristotle said ...

As the winter sun rises above the horizon on Solstice Day, an extraordinary phenomenon takes place: a beam of golden sunlight shines inside Newgrange, in the north of Ireland, illuminating a five ...

In Ireland, the spring equinox delivers a phenomenon to the Loughcrew Cairns in Co Meath that is very similar to the winter solstice event at Newgrange, also in Co Meath. The Loughcrew Megalithic ...

Mac Con Iomaire reminded us that those people of Ireland built Newgrange, in total alignment with the winter solstice, 500 years before the pyramids in Giza and 1,000 years before Stonehenge.

For many, the allure of Newgrange is captured best on the winter solstice, when morning light perfectly shines through the opening above the entrance and illuminates the passageway for 17 minutes.

I spotted Baltimorehenge. The sun lined up just so in the west, sending a bright shaft of light down East Lombard Street, ...

The alignment at Cairn T is reminiscent of the famous illumination at the Brú na Bóinne (Newgrange) passage tomb, which catches the rays of the winter solstice sunrise. Most celebrated is the Autumn ...

The summer solstice, the longest day of the year, falls on Friday, June 20, 2025, while the winter solstice, the shortest day, occurs on Sunday, December 21, 2025. Ready for winter to be over?