Our final site to see in Ireland was Newgrange, a prehistoric site that was built over 5000 years ago (500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza!).
It was built so that on the winter solstice a narrow beam of light from the sun would pass through the "roof box" and illuminate the interior.
And yes, it was a little cold and windy that day!
This was the door to the entrance, clearly weaklings were not allowed to enter.
After this it was back to Dublin to catch our flight to Stuttgart. While the weather in Ireland didn't exactly cooperate, it was an amazing trip none the less.
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