http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/2012/12/the-best-places-to-see-and-celebrate-the-winter-solstice/ Just another blogs.smithsonianmag.com site Sun, 12 May 2013 14:12:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/2012/12/the-best-places-to-see-and-celebrate-the-winter-solstice/#comment-1333 Sinabhfuil Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:36:26 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/?p=5707#comment-1333 Scarcely 'northeast' Ireland - Newgrange is 50km from Dublin! This is the old home of the High Kings at Tara. While the public can enter a lottery to go into the passage tomb, very few win each year as it's a tiny space. But even attending the solstice sunrise (on the day, or the few days either side of it) is magical. Scarcely ‘northeast’ Ireland – Newgrange is 50km from Dublin! This is the old home of the High Kings at Tara. While the public can enter a lottery to go into the passage tomb, very few win each year as it’s a tiny space. But even attending the solstice sunrise (on the day, or the few days either side of it) is magical.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/2012/12/the-best-places-to-see-and-celebrate-the-winter-solstice/#comment-1149 Eimear Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:08:19 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/?p=5707#comment-1149 Newgrange in Northeast Ireland is a spectacular scene now a little after sunrise where a chamber inside a large tomb lights up for 15 minutes on December 21. Public is welcome on the site. Newgrange in Northeast Ireland is a spectacular scene now a little after sunrise where a chamber inside a large tomb lights up for 15 minutes on December 21. Public is welcome on the site.

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