#Newgrange

Queen Meave IRISH FOLKLORE

MeaveofConnaugh

To try to get an impression of how old Newgrange is: if we start from today and go back to the heyday of the Babylonian empire of King Nebuchadnezzar -

U Dhammaloka

DhammalokaU

Just watched solstice sunrise at Newgrange, probably for the first and last time (but worth trying tomorrow and Tuesday morning, 8.45 am GMT):https://www.gov.ie/en/news/eea6b-winter-solstice-at-newgrange-2020/?referrer=http://www.gov.ie/new

Dr Robert Bohan Artist

RobertBohan

Thread: Today on the Winter Solstice, one of the oldest traditions on the planet is played out at Newgrange, Ireland. Newgrange is older than the Pyramids & Stonehenge & was

Dr. Trish Morgan

trishmorgan

Happy solstice! Today’s #GeoAdvent treat is especially for the day that’s in it. This is my (non physical geographer!) explanation of solstices. #LoveGeography A #solstice is a point in the

Danny Boy

Care2much18

Hundreds of American tourists have little-to-no power to cause outbreaks. Clusters, sure, but outbreaks are on society.Italy were the first to ban flights from China and that ended in dismal

JohnPaul Fitzpatrick

F1tzy79

"panel is brightly illuminated by reflected sunlight on the equinoxes" which involves knowledge of the stars yet the refence in this link is "note the spiders " hard day of

Irish History Bitesize!

lorraineelizab6

I'm starting a new detailed thread on Irish boys names (girls a separate thread)! As my main resource I'm using my copy of The Book of Irish Names: The Origins

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