Newgrange Winter Solstice 2013
Arrangements for getting to Newgrange on the morning of Saturday December 21st 2013.
Anyone who wants to stand on the outside of Newgrange monument as the sun is rising on December 21st is very welcome. The best way to get there is to go to Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre and get a shuttle bus to the site. There is no charge for this. The centre will be open from 7.00am.
Once you get to Newgrange, there will be a queue on the road but everyone will be allowed on site from 8.30am once it begins to get light until 9.30am. Sunrise is at 8.54am. There is no charge to go on site.
If visitors decide to access the site from the N51, i.e. go directly to Newgrange, the roads will be closed off to traffic from a distance of approx 1.5 km and visitors will have to walk from where their car is parked.
After dawn (circa 9.30am), when the lottery and art competition winners come out of the chamber, people who have been waiting outside will be brought inside for a brief visit in groups of 20 people. In 2012, it took until 11.30am for everyone who wanted to go inside to get in and out. Once all the people at the monument have left the site, normal arrangements and normal admission prices will apply. Guided tours will recommence at 12.30pm approx.
Please dress appropriately and wrap up well. Please respect the monument and other visitors and enjoy the experience! There are no dogs or other pets allowed on site.
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Newgrange Winter Solstice Archive
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- 18th December 2016 Winter Solstice.
- 20th December 2015 Winter Solstice.
- 19th December 2014 Winter Solstice.
- 21st December 2013 Winter Solstice.
- 18th December 2011 Winter Solstice.
- 22nd December 2010 Winter Solstice.
- 19th December 2010 Winter Solstice.
- 18th December 2010 Winter Solstice.
- 22nd December 2009 Winter Solstice.
- 21st December 2009 Winter Solstice.
- 21st December 2008 Winter Solstice.
- 21st December 2007 Winter Solstice.
- 22nd December 2006 Winter Solstice.
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- 21st December 2005 Winter Solstice.
- 20th December 2005 Winter Solstice.
- 21st December 2004 Winter Solstice.
- 19th December 2004 Winter Solstice.
- 21st December 2003 Winter Solstice.
- 22nd December 2002 Winter Solstice.
- 21st December 2001 Winter Solstice.