Newgrange in Co Meath will once again be magically illuminated during the Winter Solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year, on December 21.

In Ireland, an ancient burial site called Newgrange was built in 3,200 B.C. to allow light into its chamber only during sunrise on the winter solstice, and the monument will livestream the ...

Built 5000 years ago, the entrance of Newgrange Passage Tomb is aligned with the first rays of the rising sun on the Winter ...

W hile 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 ...

Over 2,000 people gathered at Newgrange in Co Meath for the Winter Solstice - the astronomical phenomenon that marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year.

Happy Winter Solstice! This year, the traditional pagan holiday fell on Dec. 21, 2023, for the United States, and Dec. 22, 2023, for Europe. Considered to be the longest night of the year, the days… ...

A large crowd gathered in front of the ancient Celtic passage tomb at Newgrange on Saturday morning to greet the winter solstice. “They say it was the biggest crowd here in the last 20 years ...

The tomb is 5,200 years old - older than the Great Pyramid of Giza - and is also renowned for a winter solstice phenomenon ...

Winter solstice is the shortest day of year, ... Newgrange, a 5,200-year-old "passage tomb," was built so that direct sunlight enters the monument through a small opening on winter solstice, ...

People gather to celebrate the winter solstice in Newgrange, Ireland on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, with dancing, singing and more. The crowd gathered at a Stone Age monument in the Boyne Valley ...