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Newgrange Winter Solstice Lottery

Rainbow - Winter Solstice 2002 @ Newgrange

Admission to the chamber of the tomb at Newgrange for the Winter Solstice sunrise is by lottery, application forms to witness what surely must be the world's oldest calendar clock, are available at the reception desk in the Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre.

There were 28,106 applications submitted for the 2007 Winter Solstice Draw which took place at the end of September. Application forms are now available at the Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre for the 2008 Winter Solstice Draw.


At the end of September each year, 50 names are drawn by local school children, 10 names for each morning the chamber is illuminated, 2 places in the chamber are awarded to each of the names drawn. A reserve list is also drawn, some of the names drawn on the prime list may be peole from distant lands and unable to travel to Ireland for the winter solstice.

Application forms are available at the Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre where there is a special post box for completed application forms.

There is no on-line application system, however the obliging Staff at the Visitor Centre will fill out a form on your behalf. Email your postal details and a contact telephone number to and they will complete an application form on your behalf.



Newgrange 2004

Newgrange Winter Solstice 2004

In 2004 the winter solstice mid point is the 21st December, however the winter solstice sunrise illuminates the passage and chamber at Newgrange for a few days around the mid point.

Click Here for images of a beautiful sunrise on the 19th December 2004.



Newgrange Winter Solstice 2003

The Winter Solstice sunrise illuminates the passage way leading into the burial chamber of the megalithic passage tomb at Newgrange on the 21st December 2003. This wonderful  photograph by Alan Betson was printed on the front page of The Irish Times newspaper on the 22nd December 2003.



Click Here for more on the 2003 Winter Solstice.

Winter Solstice 2003 @ Newgrange




Rainbow - Winter Solstice 2002 @ Newgrange

Newgrange Winter Solstice 2002

Images from the Winter Solstice at Newgrange on the 22nd December 2002. A rainbow heightened the experience of those on the outside, as the fortunate few on the inside, selected by lottery experienced the illumination of the passage and chamber.


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Newgrange Winter Solstice 2001

Solstice sunrise lets lucky few gaze through window to an ancient world.

Light at the end of the tunnel: the sun makes its way into the main chamber at Newgrange during the winter solstice yesterday.

Photography by Frank McGrath.

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Newgrange Winter Solstice 2001


     





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