Sliver of sunlight breaks through to Newgrange burial chamber on overcast winter solstice morning
Hundreds of people, including drummers and dancers, gather at Co Meath neolithic passage tomb at sunrise
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Hundreds of people, including drummers and dancers, gather at Co Meath neolithic passage tomb at sunrise
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