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No light at end of tunnel for solstice at Newgrange

Updated / Monday, 21 Dec 2015 23:06
Light from the rising sun would have light-up the inner chamber if conditions had been clear
Light from the rising sun would have light-up the inner chamber if conditions had been clear

About 200 people gathered outside the neolithic burial mound at Newgrange in Co Meath this morning to celebrate the winter solstice.

However, cloudy and wet conditions prevented dawn sunlight from lighting-up the inner chamber of the 5,000-year-tomb.

Around 50 people had been selected through an annual lottery system to observe from inside the tomb.

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