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Winter Solstice Events at Newgrange
Access to the chamber at Newgrange for the solstice illumination has been decided by lottery, however all are welcome to gather outside the entrance to the mound on each of the mornings from December 18th to December 23rd inclusive, Sunrise is at 8.58am.
On Sunday the 20th of December there will be a free concert at 3.00pm in the Bru na Boinne Visitor Centre featuring The Tredagh Singers, all are welcome.
A Winter Solstice Conference will take place on Sunday December 20th at
The Newgrange Lodge. Martin Brennan returns to Ireland after 25 years to
headline the conference http://www.newgrange.com/news30.htm
The Winter Solstice illumination at Newgrange will not be streamed live on the internet this year. An achieve video of the 2007 solstice illumination is available at http://www.newgrange.com/video.htm the full achieve video is 1 hour, a short compilation by Victor Reijs is also available.
[Photograph courtesy of Newgrange.com]
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