Newgrange
Description
A Neolithic passage grave, massive in it's construction and decoration. Today you can only access it by a guided tour from the visitors centre. The tours last about 25 minutes. You can also look around an exhibition on the graves, their significance and the importance of the winter solstice, at the visitors centre
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Getting There
Getting to Newgrange is only possible from Drogheda where there is an hourly bus. To get to Drogheda you need to catch the half hourly train from Connolly station in Dublin (journey time is about 60 minutes to Drogheda, and another 20 minutes onto Newgrange). Alternatively, many companies run sight-seeing tours, or mini-bus services to the site
Latitude: 53.694674; Longitude: -6.47541
What3Words: granite.servicing.slurping
Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (07/04/2008), and on time of last update (12/04/2008) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.