Remember all the trouble over the film report on the December Solstice in New grange, when we were led to believe that RTE had screwed up the coverage?
Remember all the letters in this and other papers about too much talk and not enough vision, and the allegations that we had shamed ourselves in front of the world?
The proof of the pudding, they say, is in the eating. If you or your friends want to go to see Newgrange at any time this year as part of an official tour, forget it. It is all booked out.
It emerged this week that every single official tour for this year has been booked out by local and visiting groups who clearly were impressed by what they saw on television.
A Duchas spokeswoman said during the week that this was the case but that anyone who wanted to visit this remarkable site should still go there, very early.
"It could take a few hours but chances are that you will get there and see the site," she said.
The information on New grange came to me when I was inquiring about the fate of yet another of Ireland's great historical treasures, Clara bog in Co Offaly.
Unfortunately, about a fortnight ago, there was a serious fire there which burned about one tenth of this remarkable treasure, which comprises about 1,000 acres of raised bog.
There was severe damage to wildlife. Birds were burned to death on their nests and frogs and other wildlife perished in the accidental blaze.
However, bog fires are a fairly natural event and in 10 years or so things will be back to normal in this nature reserve.
And no, I was told, there is no question that the fire will be a setback to building the visitor and study centre there, which has received a £1 million Government grant under the National Development Plan.
Anyhow, the Duchas spokeswoman said, there were plenty of other sites which should be visited if you could not get up early enough to visit Newgrange.
She referred me to the Heritage Sites publication which Duchas produced in 1998 listing less visited sites in the State, including Clonmacnoise, Heywood Gardens in Laois, Emo Court, near Portlaoise and the Corlea site in Longford.
All these midland sites are much the same distance from Dublin as Newgrange, and will provide a good day out for the native or visitor. I would recommend a visit to the Corlea trackway site in Longford, where Duchas has preserved a bog oak roadway built in the second century before Christ. It is stunning in every way.
Information on all sites can be obtained by calling 01-6670824.