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.

New Irish-led research casts doubts over suggestions that an incestuous social elite ruled over the ancient people of Ireland ...

Last weekend we had the summer solstice, the longest day of the year with the light of day lasting until late in the evening. The solstice is one of the most underrated days of the year. There’s ...

Solstice tradition sends characters dashing through downtown Blue Men, the Mad Hatter and a bowling ball bring the heat during the longest day of the year by Natalie Buttner Thursday, June 26 ...

Reports of Neolithic Irish god-kings, descended through an incest-practicing social elite, are lacking in evidence, say a group of researchers taking a closer look at the tomb of Newgrange and ...

Newgrange is one of several monumental passage tombs built during the Neolithic period. (Image by Getty Images) Each year, on or around the winter solstice, the rising sun illuminates the chamber at ...

Stone Age Ireland was likely not ruled over by incestuous “god-kings” 5500 years ago, as previously thought, a team of archaeologists has found. A skull fragment unearthed in the tomb chamber of the ...

Newgrange is a Neolithic passage tomb in eastern Ireland. (Image credit: Alamy) The ancient DNA of a man buried in a monumental Stone Age tomb in Ireland revealed he was born of incest 5,000 years ...

The latest sunsets come after the summer solstice because the day is more than 24 hours long at this time of the year. Yes, you read that right: the day is more than 24 hours long.

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.

Newgrange is also renowned for a winter solstice phenomenon where sunlight penetrates a passage and illuminates an inner chamber, indicating an ancient understanding of astronomy.