Winter Solstice - 20 December 2020
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- Опубліковано 19 гру 2020
- The Office of Public Works’ annual Winter Solstice gathering at the Neolithic Passage Tomb of Newgrange on 21 December was cancelled this year, due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions.
The hugely significant Solstice Sunrise event was live-streamed from within the Chamber, on the 20th, 21st and 22nd of December, so that everyone could experience this wonderful phenomenon from any location around the world.
During the closure, an archaeological research project was carried out at the 5,200 year old Newgrange monument where we scientifically measured and monitored the movement of the winter sunlight coming through the roof box into the passage and chamber, to determine how the beam of dawn light interplays with the chamber as we move towards Solstice and then past it.
Results of this research project will be issued in 2021.
Live recording officially commences at 14.10mins on this Video (Please fast-forward) - Розваги
Thanks again, Claire & Frank and all Nat. Mons. , OPW Team....wishing you and all those who love our international neolithic site! Tom Fitzgerald
Thank you, dear Ireland, from friends in California. We loved our visit to New Grange 10 years ago.
Just what my Celtic spirt needed this morning as Jupiter and Saturn also align up tomorrow - the Great Conjunction - we are all reminded that our place in the Cosmos , our Cosmic home, is here, now and forever, in time and space.
Damn shame about the cloud cover
Thank you so much from Jacksonville, Florida, USA. This was a lovely Winter Solstice Online Gathering! Blessed Be )O(
Light at the end of a tunnel .
Just as we need right now
Very funny.
Watching from Ensenada in Baja California Mexico. We are on Pacific Time. It is Dec 20th.
Thank you to all involved for making this possible. My deepest gratitude.
Just up the road from you in Rosarito Beach enjoying the replay, Juracy. I, too am grateful and deeply moved by this and all who came together to make this possible for us to see it thank you!
@@valeenacaballero6744 A virtual hug to you! What a nice coincidence!
What a fantastic presentation. Thank you so much Clare Tuffy for hosting this along with Frank Prendergast. You were the perfect person to bring this spectacular Light display to the whole world. It is a treasure. Lugh Abú! Grá agus Solas xxx C
Nearly as magical as in-person viewing and yet deeply moving. My gratitude for all involved who've made this happen soars to great heights. Immutable, ephemeral, liminal, ineffable, transient all and more describe this mystical experience.
Just incredible. This experience made me feel my Irish spirit while I contemplated what the light must have meant to those ancestors 5000 years ago. Thank you from the United States, Idaho.
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Near Twin Falls?
watched it live-streamed live the other night at 1 am PT in America. so grateful that you made this available for all to experience. My husband and I visited New Grange back in the late 90s. Look forward to the day when I can visit again.
Thank you so much, Clare and Frank, for a most touching and informative presentation. I remember the time in the 50's - early 60's when you had to borrow a key from a local farmer so you could open the entrance gate at the front! No one was aware then of the significance of the Winter Solstice at Newgrange.
When I was a kid in the 80s, we just walked up the hill. Simpler times, but I'm so glad the site is better tended now.
An amazing experience. Brought warmth and pride in my heart. Thank you Office of public works for sharing to all. I am in Michigan. This helps make up for all the events that had to be cancelled by The Gaelic League in Detroit celebrating our 100th anniversary.
What a beautiful, serene place. Makes you forget about the world today, lets you transcend ages and feel a deep connection with the people who have come before us. Truly remarkable.
Yea I agree with the extremely hot lady holding the cup. Truly remarkable.
Happy Solstice ...enjoying from southern Alberta! Thank you Clare ...”new life, new beginnings, new hope” ...all the best in 2021 🍀🌞 🇨🇦🇮🇪
That was beautiful I really felt the light in my heart and the amazement of witnessing something so significant in our year as did our ancestors ☀️💖🙏
Memories of childhood came flooding back. Thank you.
What a Joy and privilege to be watching this in such troubled times. Many Thanks
Fantastisch dat mij de mogelijkheid geboden wordt om dit te zien.
So green and lush. In NY we're a bit buried under snow.
This touches my soul in ways i really don't comprehend, but I just embrace it.
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It was a pleasure to watch these on the Solstice days and catch up now. A beautiful, magical phenomena, Thankyou. 🌞💚🌤
What a beautiful experience. Although I'm sad for the reason this was canceled, I am very thankful that this filming allowed me to see an event I would never otherwise have been able to view. Thank you OPW and everyone involved. This was stunning.
watching from Sydney Australia. Thanks so much for sharing. what an experience!
Thanks for sharing it online! Extraordinary! Happy Solstice from the other side of the Planet! We celebrating summer down under in New Zealand.
to be present with so many as the Solstice sunrise entered where the bones of my ancestors, ancestors of so many, lie... to be present with many committed to this turning time, turning back to honouring Earth in all her living expressions, in all our relations... I am tearful... grateful
Thank you so much for offering this livestream; I live in the U.S. (central Ohio) and would normally not be able to see this phenomenon. It was just breathtaking to be able to see the light arrive and move, and think about our ancestors and the spirits of the dead. Sending good wishes for a happy new year to all!
Is it over? Os it over? Another 30 mins
What a beautiful experience. Thanks so much for allowing the world to be there!
Thank you for making this beautiful moving experience available to the world. In October 2014 I was fortunate to be able to visit Newgrange and enter the passage. The mystical feeling I had there has never left me. Thank you for the respectful commentary too, allowing silent spaces and speaking in poetic terms. There's so much more than science happening there.
Been there twice to see the electric approximation, but watching this - even from thousands of miles away - is amazing. Appreciate the Rooks on their morning flight too!
Thank you so very much!! Happy Solstice!
Happy Solstice everyone! The darkest days are over.
Disputes the cloudy day, this was a very informative program. I learnt so much more about Newgrange.
I visited Newgrange back in the mid 1990's when I lived in Ireland for a couple of years. I think it was in the summer that we visited. Thank you, OPW, for setting this up so people like me can finally see what it looks like in there on the winter solstice!
Buíochas as ucht an léargas...thanks for the enlightenment and illuminating the dark recesses of our uninformed minds. How appropriate that this phenomenal gift from Newgrange should go viral as we emerge from the darkness as we contemplate the error of our ways. If only we respected and embraced the precious realm in which we live and appreciated what we have, instead of pushing the planet to the limit in pursuit of greed. Feliz Navidad y próspero año from Andalucía ón Spailpín Spánach.
Thank you one and all... wonderful job. Discussion & information but not over done. Raking and care but not changing to suit your own individual thoughts. My father from Donegal passed this year, at 89. Watching this was very important to me. Thank you!!!
Magnifique . quelle chance d'avoir eu un beau ciel dégagé ce matin.
Amazing!! just wish the person directing didn’t focus so much on the sun rise! Would have been nice to see more of the chamber. Maybe tomorrow will be better.
Or would love to see a sped up time lapse of today. Incase tomorrow is cloudy
Thank you for the light show! Truly spiritual! Happy Solstice! greetings from Romania!
In the Burren in County Clare there are many unexcavated cairns. Several are at the summits of large hills and mountains. Slieve Carran is spectacular but Turlough Hill has both the large unexcavated cairn and over 100 hut foundations. It's an amazing site to visit and the views are astounding.
You're a passionate historian, Damian.
Must visit.
@@hanorabrennan7909 Thanks Hanora, I've been fortunate to have visited some remarkable historical sites along the west coast of Ireland. The early Christian sites on the deserted island of Inishkea North Island off County Mayo are amazing. There's so much to see. It's endless..
Terrific broadcast. Mesmerising. Thank you Clare and Frank and the OPW
Amazing. What a moment to capture and relive.
Wonderful broadcast. Thank you for sharing this event.
Many thanks to OPW for this. While I was able to watch via live stream here in Los Angeles, CA, I shared this far and wide with friends and family who couldn't. Thanks for all you do!
Two of the most passionate and wonderful people narrating and giving us a beautiful and knowledgable account of the magnificent Bru na Boinne. Thank you Clare and Frank, always a pleasure and thank you for all your passion and work keeping our love for Newgrange ever so alive! Thank you.
It's the complete opposite at Carrowkeel in County Sligo. The chamber there captures the light on the longest day of the year. Carrowkeel is several hundred years older than Newgrange.
Yes and it needs protecting by OPW. Aren't visitors or others removing the stones? I saw a pic of damage done over last few years. An OPW-run site be good for the local area too
@@gargarcomedy Idiots are removing some stones. It's disgraceful.
@LFC YNWA At Carrowmore in County Sligo in the small interpretative centre it mentions that Carrowkeel is actually older than Newgrange. It's well worth a visit sometime.
@@gargarcomedy yea theres an epidemic of acient sights dissapearing and being distroyed across ireland esp standing stones and fairy /raths at an alarming rate
I've always wanted to go to Carrowkeel. I can't believe its not an OPW site! Happy Solstice everybody. Missing home a lot this year.
Wonderful way to start the morning on the Solstice....
Thank you! Hello from Utah. I hope someday to visit Newgrange. I have enjoyed watching. Just extraordinarily beautiful.
Wow, that was amazing, watched it live. Hope you are blessed with a clear sky tomorrow too. Thank you very much 🙏🌞
Beautiful lads! Thanks to all at Newgrange for bringing this to us at this most profound solstice for us all. Here's to a great light show tmrw. Thank you 🙏💕🇮🇪
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Fab, hope the live stream continues next year so all can continue to experience this profound moment.
It's been live streamed every year since 2007. I live in NYC, it's currently 2:45am here, and I'm waiting for today's live stream. Happy Solstice!
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Please, please, please give us today far more from the camera situated within the inner chamber, facing the passage.
I celebrete this the deepest night and our turning to the life giving SUN again -It is my cheer and BEST celebration. I am the architect and I also want to build new monuments in our communities were we can feel natural in our culture to celebrate the sun as we always did in conjunction with all the stars and planets.
With many blessings and thanks, Namaste 🙏🏼✨
This, along with many other great aspects of Ireland is what makes me fiercely proud to be Irish.
Clare, Craig reminded me to watch this amazing event this morning. You are bundled up warmly, so it must be a very nippy morning. I watch from the warmth of my home, but it must be extra thrilling to view it in person. Thanks to you and the professor for providing us with the opportunity to see this phenomenon. Well done, and Merry Christmas.
Wonderful to be able to see this! Thank you!
People show up on the exact same day as the people who built the alignment into their monument over 5,200 years ago and that alignment will continue 5,200 years into the future on the December Solstice. I hope this information gives some joy for although the technical issues are intricate, the monument itself is a testament to our understanding of the motions of the planet rather than guessing how the Newgrange builders understood the great daily and annual cycles.
Thank you so much for this, what a blessing
THANK YOU so much for sharing this with all of us
Brilliant, Thank you so much for this wonderful experience during a bad time... Peace always.
Aloha from Honolulu 🏝 where it’s 10pm on the 20th of December right now! 😃🤙🏽🌟
Mesmerising - thank you
Wonderful to watch and experience(even if I am a day or two late).Thank you for the moments of silence to allow us to appreciate the spectacle for ourselves.
Happy Solstice!!!!! Thank you for showing this!!!
amazing..so lucky to live so close......20/12/2020
This was so wonderful. Thanks to everyone so much who made this happen!
Thank you for sharing this with the all of us. Happy Solstice!
Wonderful. Thanks to all who were involved in this
Thank you so much for this wonderful, enlightening and informative video - beautiful too ..
Hearing the repeated begging of the lady to "show the Chamber Please." causes one to be irritated at the complete disregard of the event inside. She is lovely person whom apprisssiates this much more than the camera operator. It would be nice to have seen this strictly inside where it actually matters. If there is "artwork" in there no one would know.
Knowing that the longest nights are allmost over 😍
Lovely to see, thank you!
Thank you. Very moving to see that.
Beautiful, thank you
Drove down to watch it yesterday morning alongside the river boyne... great experience.. enjoyed watching the sun rise onto the monument while watching the live stream. Thank you to all involved ^-^
Wonderful to watch this morning
Wonderful to watch. When I visited it, it was hard to visualize so this is a special treat.
Always wanted to see this, Thanks for making it happen, Love the sounds of the birds.
Thank you from this American with Irish ancestors, Callahan clan. 🇮🇪 🇺🇲🦅⚔️⚖️
Great show OPW. Could not ask for a better day.
That was wonderful! Thank you!
I truely wish I could move back to my ancestor's land there...
Thank you so much for sharing this with us! Happy Christmas, Happy Solstice, and Best Wishes for all you at the OPW for a Happy New Year :)
Just brilliant. Thank you for the initiative and excellent coverage.
This was amazing! Thank you for sharing it with us.
Thank you for sharing this 💚 I especially loved the views from inside (though the sunrise was pretty). It would be amazing to see continuous video from each angle. I would watch them all!
Fantastic. It would be great just to keep showing the chamber...no need to show us the sun rising...we can see that ourself lol but would rather watch the sun enter the dark chamber ....the lady is doing a great job trying to direct.
I can't see the Irish sunrise from where I am, and have never seen the site and would like to. It's a clever idea. The other lady is doing a great job being condescending "lol"
What a thrilling moment
You darlin people, you again will see visitors there with you. Have faith
Gorgeous, thank you
amazing, thank you for sharing this with the world
Thrilling and sacred
I was there September 2019. Magical.
I love the sound of the horns. 💗
Magical.
I've visited Newgrange twice. Thank you for sharing this.
me as well. Lucky too to have been inside Dowth which is not open to the public.
Lovely commentary - just a note for the camera work - could you not have the sunrise as a small insert to the full images of the light going into the tomb itself. Having grown up in Ireland, I know the surprise and wonder of a sunny dawn... no clouds or rain! But still - would have loved more focus on the megalithic structure.
Totally agree. Far too many cuts scenes away from the actual view in the chamber. We know what the sun looks like, we want to see more of the insides please.
Yes, I kept thinking how remarkably similar the sunrise view over the landscape was to everybody else's. While the commentary was interesting, I think a reflective, contemplative silence, with just a single camera view of the chamber, would have captured more of the moment.
The roof box view I'm only seeing at 36:30 ish, we could have a multi cam of the first chamber view, the roof box passage view side by side, and a long view of the top down camera underneath. Split the view into thirds. We do know what the sun looks like, so past the sunrise we don't need it too much. Great stuff
I believe they were occasionally cutting to the sunrise itself to correlate the timing of the light seen within the monument to the placement of the sun above the horizon.
Wonderful thank you I only heard about it this morning from George Hamilton on Lyric fm it’s amazing.
Iontach! Must have been a time of reflection as well as hope. Go raibh maith agat.
Amazing!!! Thank you!