Astronomy Ireland has said this year and next mark the prime years of the aurora's 11-year cycle, resulting in more sightings of the Northern Lights in Irish skies. McLaughlin described his own ...

From the Northern Lights, or the Aurora Borealis, to a still crisp night when the Milky Way is in view – Ireland’s night skies are enough to take your breath away.

Normally you’d only see them in places like Donegal, but we are getting them all over the country now.” The Aurora Borealis on display over Donnelly's Hollow in the Curragh, Co Kildare ...

NORTHERN Lights lit up across Ireland in a stunning rare celestial display of the Aurora Borealis last night. The amazing sky event was visible from Inishowen, County Donegal shortly before 2am. Vi… ...

Arctic Tern, Donegal's Inishowen Peninsula. A summer visitor to Malin Head and the offshore islands, these birds will defend their territory with venom. Photo: Ronan McLaughlin. Milky Way over the ...

Ireland has been treated to the mystical displays more frequently of late. This is because we are currently at the peak of a sun cycle that began in 2019. The aurora in May was the biggest in 500 ...

I have never seen the aurora borealis so vivid with reds and purples. It started as we passed Chicago at 39,000ft and lasted until the dawn over Ireland, when it turned purple. "The pics are from ...

David Moore, editor of Astronomy Ireland, said anyone hoping to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights should look for an arc of light on the horizon. "Look in the north after sunset.

From RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland, Northern Lights visible in skies over Ireland. When the Irish geologist and chemist Richard Kirwan published his monthly meteorological journal for 1788, he ...