#Live Winter Solstice 2025 #Newgrange Ireland. The Winter Solstice is an astronomical phenomenon that marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere, the #WinterSolstice occurs on 21 or 22 December, when the sun shines directly over the tropic of Capricorn. At sunrise on the shortest day of the year, for 17 minutes, direct sunlight can enter the Newgrange monument, not through the doorway, but through the specially contrived small opening above the entrance

Happy Winter Solstice! The shortest day of the year and the longest night brings with it a celebration of feasting, singing and dancing! Today also marks the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the solstice phenomenon at Newgrange. Video Philip Bromwell | Kinvara Skincare