updated: 11/11/25

2025 Solstice Timetable :: Boyne Valley

Overnight Indoor & Outdoor Experience

SAT Dec 20th Times

14:14 Dowth: arriving, landing, settling

15:00 - 16:30 Dowth Solstice Sunset Ceremony: Sacred Site-Family Constellation (Liam McGabhann)

17:00 - 17:30 Tea @ The Glebe House Dowth venue

17:30 - 18:30 Trance dance

19:00 - 20:30 Solstice Journeying: Irish Ancient Ways (Trish Cameron)

20:30 - 21:00 Solstice ritual preparation for Newgrange (Enda Donnellan) ComeUnity Circle

21:00 - 22:30 Solstice Supper

22:30 - 00:00 Tribal Drumming (Sinead Harte)

00:00 - 01:00 Bedtime Sound Healing (Lisa McLoughlan & Brian Cunning)

Bedtime

SUN Dec 21st

05:45 Morning arrivals @ Glebe House Dowth
(ℹ️: use our private carpark, avoid blocking road-side please)

06:00 - 07:00 Sunrise solstice body movement and Newgrange preparation (Enda Donnellan)

07:30 Leaving for Newgrange sunrise ceremony
(ℹ️: walking single file, one side of the road guys)

08:35 Solstice Ceremony at Newgrange
10:10 Refreshments back in Glebe house after the Ceremony

Sacredly holding the re-birth within www.wintersolstice.ie This is an annual overnight indoor & outdoor experience held by some of Ireland's wise Elders and Healers with Sweat Lodges, Drumming Circle, Midnight Sound Healing, Fire Ritual, Despacho Offering, Celtic Chants & Mythology, Men's & Women's Empowerment circle, Movement Meditation, Newgrange Procession & Ritual, Dowth Sunset ritual, Music & Dance.
join Grianstad an Gheimhridh ..a time when we can consciously give birth to our dreams and intentions for the year ahead. This is an annual overnight indoor & outdoor experience held by some of Ireland's wise Elders and Healers. by pre-booking only: www.wintersolstice.ie
 

Grianstad an Gheimhridh

..a time when we can consciously give birth to our dreams and intentions for the year ahead.

This is an annual overnight indoor & outdoor experience held by some of Ireland’s wise Elders and Healers

€108-45€ | By pre-booking only | intimate group size | All workshops and communal sleepover included | Over 14’s event