the winter solstice.

An absolutely fascinating place to visit, which I did during the time I was doing my family tree. The tour is awe inspiring. How did they move those massive stones all the way from the Mountains of Mourne thousands of years ago?

Good that, thanks.

did you visit the hill of tara when you were there?
that whole area is covered with similar constructions.
here are a few links you may find of interest.

http://www.mythicalireland.com/ancientsites/tara/

http://www.discoveryprogramme.ie/res_tara_surv_topo.html

http://www.stonepages.com/ireland/ireland.html

I did indeed. My great, great, great Grandfather was a native of Westmeath.
You can almost hear the whispers of the generations from the top of that hill.
Until someone tries to see you a wee trinket :^0

The Inca trail in peru, there are lots of similar to these, all linked with the solstice's. Did they know something we don't, back then? I hope so :)

Anybody read Ireland; The Novel by Frank Delaney. It gives an interesting fictional account of the construction.

My favourite chapter was 'Jimmy Hanley, the only man who could handle Handel.'

johnn , it is a beautiful part of the country , did you know they are trying to build a road over it?
there are many links and sites on this ,

http://www.savetara.com/

was there myself last week , pishing down and freezing , even the most determined trinket sellers couldnt be out in that.
did meet a local girl who invited us to a carol service and mulled wine :)
a chance event.
heading to newgrange wednesday morning so hopefully get a good sunrise.

havent read the book but will go to amazon and order it. thanks

Just had the lady from the visitor centre on local radio. She said no sun this morning, but the last 2 days were brilliant. There's a public ballot to get in around solstice time.

I can't believe they want to build a road over it.

is that LMFM?
i listened to that the other week for the first time when i was down there , guy was talking about john lennons death and said so many things that id not been aware of , played a few of his songs and chatted away , then did the bingo numbers :)
you just dont get quality like that in the UK !

Radio's Cornwall/Devon/Jersey/Guernsey combined. They did a feature on Newgrange which was recorded in the summer, and they phoned her back tonight.

devon/cornwall is a great place , was there in the summer and seen those morris dancers.
doesnt feel like the rest of england there, whatever that means

This may be of interest to you, Maeshowe in Orkney. Also links to Skara Brae lived in in 3100 BC.
http://www.maeshowe.co.uk/

thanks for that link.
fascinates me how they aligned and built these things , all over the world too , 5000 years ago. what the purpose was etc.
quite a feat

Thanks for that. Quite fabulous and i hope to visit someday.