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06 Sept 2025

Carrick-on-Suir circle dancers celebrated the summer solstice at Knockroe Passage Tomb

Members of Carrick-on-Suir Circle Dance Group took part in a circle dance celebration at the ancient site on June 20

Carrick-on-Suir circle dancers celebrated the summer solstice at Knockroe Passage Tomb

Carrick-on-Suir Circle Dance Group members at Knockroe Passage Tomb near Ahenny on June 20

Pictured above are members of Carrick-on-Suir Circle Dance Group who travelled to Knockroe Passage Tomb near Ahenny on June 20 for a special Circle Dance celebration that evening to mark the summer solstice. From left are: Mairead Bourke, Leish Kelly, Teresa Dee, Helen Nolan, Teresa Joy, Tracy Tobin and Brenda Rodgers-Mansfield.

The summer solstice on the longest day of the year usually falls on June 21 but this year it happened on June 20 when the sun reached its most northern point at 9.50pm.

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