Winter Solstice 2025 arrives (12/21)

Winter Solstice at Ireland's Newgrange attracts 2,000 visitors

Around 2,000 people have gathered at Newgrange, Ireland, to celebrate the winter solstice, Dec. 21, 2025.

The Neolithic passage tomb, part of the Brú no Bóinne complex, is designed so sunlight enters the inner chamber at dawn on the solstice.

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Skies were mostly clear, but low clouds on the eastern horizon obscured the sunrise.

Even so, enough light filtered through the roof box for the effect to be visible. As the clouds lifted later in the morning, visitors lined up for a chance to enter the sacred chamber. More

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Radio Telefis Eireann video via MSN.com, 12/21/25; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly