Solstice

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moss Dec 20, 2010 14:06:26

A well written article I've just come across on Newgrange and O'Kelly's linking up the roof box with solstice. There are quotes from Seamus Heaney's "Dream of Solstice" poem,

http://sluggerotoole.com/2010/12/19/a-seasonal-gift-to-the-benevolent-spirits/

The whole poem can be found here......

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/forum/?thread=23046&message=259467

Sanctuary Dec 20, 2010 14:29:19

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moss wrote:

A well written article I've just come across on Newgrange and O'Kelly's linking up the roof box with solstice. There are quotes from Seamus Heaney's "Dream of Solstice" poem,

http://sluggerotoole.com/2010/12/19/a-seasonal-gift-to-the-benevolent-spirits/

The whole poem can be found here......

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/forum/?thread=23046&message=259467

Not being a solstice person myself I however noted this which I'm sure many will already know about. Is this something quite normal with a solstice on occasion?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20101220/tuk-winter-solstice-marked-by-eclipse-6323e80.html

The Sea Cat Dec 21, 2010 17:46:18

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Bright Blessings To You All.

:-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZP_c5KwQLI

Aum

tjj Dec 21, 2016 20:13:30

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Oh dear! Just read this Irish Times piece. Michael Gibbons is proposing a theory that the Newgrange sun trap may only be 50 years old.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/newgrange-sun-trap-may-be-only-50-years-old-says-archaeologist-1.2913483