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WATCH: Grianstad an Gheimhridh ag Sí an Bhrú (Newgrange Winter Solstice 2025 live stream)
The annual Winter Solstice event at Newgrange in County Meath is going to be streamed virtually this year on December 21 and you can tune in to watch live right here. We are delighted to partner with Ireland’s Office of Public Works (OPW) to help bring the annual, magical event of the Winter Solstice at Newgrange right into your homes around the world. In a statement, Ireland’s Office of Public Works (OPW) said: "It is great that the OPW is able once more to broadcast the Win


When the Wheel Stands Still: Death, Despair, and the Starry Kin
There comes a moment in the turning of the year when the wheel itself seems to halt, pausing in breathless stillness. Time hangs heavy. Shadows lengthen, and the breath of the land draws in upon itself. In Ireland, this moment stretches between the dark of Samhain and the first trembling light of the Winter Solstice – a season where the dead walk amongst us, and the living seek fire, food, and fellowship to keep despair at bay. The old folk knew these weeks as a haunted pause


Irish Megaliths aligned with the Winter Solstice
The below list will of course continue to grow, but for now, here is a selection of Irish sacred sites with astronomical alignments on...


Ancient Irish Star Lore: The Pleiades, Fairies and the Ancestral Dead
When it comes to ancient Ireland, star lore is conspicuous by its absence. There are some theories that the Celtic stories of Gods,...
