It’s older than the pyramids of Egypt and England’s Stonehenge, and it’s an astronomical wonder as well. Yet the passage grave at Newgrange, in Ireland’s County Meath, is often ignored in package tours of the Emerald Isle.

That’s a pity, because the megalithic tomb at Newgrange provides a fascinating primer on how Ireland’s people lived - and died - in the beautiful Boyne Valley more than 5,000 years ago.

Like Stonehenge, Newgrange is a favorite haunt of spiritualists, animists and present-day Druid cultists who are wont to visit on feasts like Halloween or the pagan observance of the winter solstice.

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