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Summer solstice celebrated at Hill of Tara (VIDEO)
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Sum...ara-VIDEO.html Summer solstice celebrated at Hill of Tara (VIDEO)
Jane Walsh @irishcentral June 22,2015 01:35 AM 8 SHARES / + \"The The Hill of Tara Photo by: Wikimedia Hundreds of people gathered at the Hill of Tara, in County Meath, on Sunday, June 21, to mark the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. Although it was a chilly and overcast morning, a break in the clouds allowed the light of the sun to be seen on the eastern horizon when it rose at 4:57am, the Irish Times reports. People have been marking the summer solstice at the historic site for thousands of years. Today, many people make it a weekend celebration. The events of Sunday were led by local man JP Fay, who carried a horned staff and dressed in a gabardine cloak with a depiction of Morrigu, the Celtic Goddess of War, on the back, “If you scratch the ground here, you are not to far away from our old pagan beliefs,” said Fay, who offered gifts of fruit, meat, wine and spirits to the ancestors. Paul Dolan, a practicing male pagan witch, said he never misses solstice celebrations at the Hill of Tara. |
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