Leontia Lenehan from the Office of Public Works gives a wonderful commentary, drawing from many years experience of the Winter Solstice in the Boyne Valley.

Tom Ray and Frank Prendergast are also on hand to add their own expertise in astronomy and passage tomb archaeology.

Each person in the crowd captures the moment in their own way, some with cameras or video and others content with soaking it all in.

Another perfect solstice sunrise, and one which will no doubt be remembered for many years by all who witnessed it at the site or via the web.

The freezing air is slowly thawed by the warmth of the morning sun and the mist starts to clear in the valley below. The mound of the small passage tomb near the rivers edge is visible in the mist.

Once the VIP guests have left the chamber, a long queue forms with people hoping to catch some solstice atmosphere inside the chamber.

The sunlit entrance of the passage tomb, with the roof box just visible above the door lintel.

Warm sun cast through the roof box along the sides of the passage orthostats.

Memories of this solstice morning are compared and contrasted with previous years triumphs and disasters.

Warm morning sun at Newgrange after the crowds have gone.