Where can I celebrate the winter solstice? In Ireland, winter solstice is marked in various locations, the best-known of which is at the megalithic tomb in Newgrange, Co Meath.

The summer solstice will occur on Friday, June 20, and it will be both the longest day and shortest night of 2025 in the ...

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

Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge Several locations around the world are particularly known for celebrating the solstice, including Newgrange in Ireland.

Ireland's midsummer festivals and bonfires marking the summer solstice have been a tradition since pagan times. We explore how to celebrate the Summer Solstice the Irish way.

Meanwhile, the Southern Hemisphere will greet winter with its winter solstice ... Several locations around the world are particularly known for celebrating the solstice, including Newgrange in Ireland ...

The 5,000-year-old tomb was once thought to be the preserve of high society but new research suggests that's not the case.

For at Newgrange, every Winter Solstice, the rising sun shines through a small aperture in the structure and travels 18m into the main chamber, flooding it with brilliant light for around 17 minutes.