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THERE WILL BE no members of the public admitted to Newgrange to view the Winter Solstice for a second year in a row as the chamber remains closed.
The Office of Public Works today announced the decision not to host the annual Winter Solstice lottery draw which is the usual process that chooses that successful participants who are allowed to be in the chamber during sunrise for each of the solstice mornings.
The solstice sunrise event will once again be livestreamed from within the chamber, the OPW confirmed.
“This will enable everyone to experience the wonderful phenomenon from the comfort of their homes in locations throughout the world,” it said.
The Winter Solstice is an astronomical phenomenon which marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice happens on 21 or 22 December.
At sunrise on the shortest day of the year, for 17 minutes, direct sunlight can enter the Newgrange monument through the specially contrived small opening above the entrance known as the ‘roof box’ to illuminate the chamber.
The OPW added that the continued absence of visitors from the chamber at Newgrange presents it an additional opportunity to further its research project.
The project tracks, measures and monitors the movement of the winter sunlight coming through the roof box into the passage and chamber and determines how the beam of dawn light interplays with the chamber as we move towards solstice and then pass it.
Further details of the livestream event from within the chamber on the solstice mornings in December will be published in the coming weeks.
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Good article..best of luck with your recovery
Can relate to all of that. It’s invisible. Having someone change plans all of a sudden is a nightmare, having planned every step of the journey for ages beforehand!
I can relate a lot to this having a TBI 11 years ago and a stroke all at 19. At the start was a very traumatic time for me and my family having to learn to walk talk dealing with serious bursts of aggression from frustration and adapt to daily living. I have a successful business now for 8 years but everyday day still has its obstacles be it the chronic fatigue that comes with a TBI to the chronic headaches or your mind just blanking out it’s not easy and as Linda says it’s invisible and very hard for people to understand what’s going on with you. I now am married and have a beautiful 19 month son that brings so much joy to my wife and I everyday and it kills me to come home some days after a bad day and he’s there just waiting for your undivided attention but your just not able.
Very interesting article. I know from experience how difficult it can be when often the slightest thing is a trigger. You certainly have given yourself every opportunity to recovery and to live life well.
Well done on your recovery!
Jigsaws are a great therapy for any person recouping from brain injury and/or brain surgery. Have been there and done that many moons ago.
Ah – I know it well – my wife had ABI – Acquired Brain Injury as a result of a stroke.
It takes time but eventually heals -
It’s very hard when symptoms are invisible . I know that feeling . People are so fast to judge you also…. I wish you well in your recovery … x
Good on ya, Linda.
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