The winter solstice, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year, happens just after 3pm on Sunday.

If you aren't lucky enough to be selected as a winner of the Newgrange 'solstice lottery', how else might you celebrate the Winter Solstice?

Physical access to the small chamber is limited to just 14 people - the guides, and the winners of a free 'solstice lottery'.

Newgrange is a prehistoric monument thought to have been built by the Neolithics over 5,000 years ago

Some of Ireland’s most ancient sites including Navan Fort in Co Armagh and Newgrange in Co Meath hosted gatherings.