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Midwinter at Newgrange
- Jan 17, 2025
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Newgrange is an ancient monument. In Ireland, it is more than 5,200 years old.Newgrange is a large mound. It is made from rocks and soil. Newgrange has an inner 19-meter-long passageway.In winter, the hours of darkness are longer. Midwinter Day has the longest hours of darkness. In the northern hemisphere, midwinter is on December 21 or 22. After Midwinter, the days start to get longer.Newgrange’s design marks Midwinter Day. On this date, at sunrise, the sunlight enters the passageway.There are carved lines on the passageway’s back wall. For 17 minutes, on Midwinter Day, the sunlight shines on them. It does not do this on any other day of the year.Each year, more than 200,000 people visit Newgrange. Many go in the early morning on Midwinter Day to see the sunrise.In 2000, the Irish government started a lottery for free tickets. Winners could bring one guest and stand at the end of the passageway. The lottery was for mornings between December 18 and 23.In 2024, 18,000 people joined the lottery. The winners were from Austria, the United States, and Ireland. On December 21, they watched as the sunlight lit up the back wall.
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