December 21, only means one thing — the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. After months of seeing it get darker ...

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 ...

As sunlight floods through the Neolithic passage tomb Newgrange once a year, it's as though our ancestors are reaching out to us. The 2024 Winter Solstice occurs on Wednesday, December 21 ...

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 ...

Crowds gathered from early on Saturday at Newgrange in Co Meath to honour the Celtic tradition of marking the winter solstice on the ... ashes of their dead in the tomb, representing a sign ...

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.

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 winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest ... feel "connected with your ancestors" The prehistoric passage tomb at Newgrange is older than the Egyptian pyramids, having been built ...

Brighter days to come have been celebrated in gatherings to mark the winter solstice at ancient sites in the island ...

Slieve Gulllion is home to the highest surviving passage tomb in Ireland ... to lengthen. The winter solstice has been celebrated for thousands of years, most notably at Newgrange, but also ...

Newgrange, a 5,200-year-old "passage tomb," was built so that direct sunlight enters the monument through a small opening on winter solstice, illuminating an inner chamber for 17 minutes.