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 ...

Newgrange in County Meath is older than both ... "But certainly the evidence is quite convincing that certain megalithic tombs in Ireland were reserved for people who were biologically more ...

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.

As sunlight floods through the Neolithic passage tomb Newgrange once a year ... In both years, Ireland's Office of Public Works facilitated a live stream of the magical event, both of which ...

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 — ...

"At Newgrange, visitors gather at the ancient tomb to celebrate and experience ... place at the end of September each year. Newgrange is Ireland's oldest Unesco World Heritage Property, and ...

Newgrange is a prehistoric monument thought to have been built by the Neolithics over 5,000 years ago so that the sun shone on the ashes of their dead in the tomb, representing a sign of rebirth.

A large crowd gathered in front of the ancient Celtic passage tomb at Newgrange on ... of the Irish Wolfhound Club of Ireland. For Redmond, December 21st at Newgrange is a very special day.

Ireland's first male interfaith minister was among those leading winter solstice festivities at Newgrange on Saturday ... year-old monument’s passage tomb align with the rising sun for a ...

Speaking after the sunrise this morning, Ms Nowack outlined why the couple felt they had to return to Ireland for a second ... chamber of the passage tomb. Newgrange, along with the prehistoric ...

Once again, the Winter Solstice will be livestreamed from inside the ancient passage tomb at Newgrange, which is part of the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Property. Since the very first ...