The Winter Solstice will once again be livestreamed to the general public from inside the ancient passage tomb at Newgrange, the Office of Public Works (OPW) has announced. This year, the ...

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.

The Fleischmann Planetarium is hosting a virtual tour inside the dome to share the history of the Newgrange Passage Tomb. Willie Purchert, president of the Sons and Daughters of Erin (SADOE); Paul ...

A passage tomb is a burial chamber usually set within a circular mound that is accessible via a passage – those at Newgrange and Slieve Gullion are estimated to be about 5,000 years old.

Andrew and Helen Threipland inside the Fingask Barrow Credit ... where he read philosophy and first saw Newgrange, the nearby passage tomb,before itwas designated a Unesco World Heritage site.

The solar alignment of the passage tomb at Newgrange to face the rising sun on the winter solstice was originally rediscovered by Prof Michael J. O’Kelly in 1967. Other researchers have since ...

The two burial chambers were discovered within the western part of the main passage tomb, over which a large ... or henge close to the 5,000-year-old Newgrange monument in County Meath.