In early April, Reuben and I took a quick trip to the Midlands to visit Newgrange and Trim Castle. These are both within an hour's drive of Dublin, and made for an interesting impromptu afternoon. Newgrange is an ancient passage grave built in ~3000 BC (older than the pyramids). On the morning of the winter solstice, the sun shines directly down the small passageway entrance at dawn, lighting up the entire chamber. For the rest of the year, the tomb remains dark. We toured the grave on one of those lovely Irish spring days, and got hit with a hailstorm as we stood out in the field. Regardless, it was beautiful.
Trim Castle was also great... some scenes from Braveheart were filmed at the castle, which gave it instant star power. Reuben has been wanting to see some castles, so this was his 'starter' castle. Click here for more Newgrange and Trim photos
Newgrange
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