{"id":592032,"date":"2026-08-13T13:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/592032\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T13:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:06:18","slug":"stunning-pictures-of-solar-eclipse-captured-over-roscommon-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/592032\/","title":{"rendered":"Stunning pictures of Solar Eclipse captured over Roscommon &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Stunning pictures of the Solar Eclipse last night were captured over Roscommon Town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Local people got to see a partial eclipse which many consider a unique lifetime experience.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3863936_3_articleinline_Eclipse_202.jpg\" alt=\"This picture of the Solar Eclipse over Roscommon Town was photographed by Bill Walsh.\" title=\"This picture of the Solar Eclipse over Roscommon Town was photographed by Bill Walsh.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>This picture of the Solar Eclipse over Roscommon Town was photographed by Bill Walsh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Locally Ruth Scutt and her husband David travelled from Roscommon to Valencia to experience the Solar Eclipse while Bill Walsh captured some amazing photos of the eclipse over Roscommon Town.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3863937_6_articleinline_Eclipse_203.jpg\" alt=\"This picture of the Solar Eclipse over Roscommon Town was photographed by Bill Walsh.\" title=\"This picture of the Solar Eclipse over Roscommon Town was photographed by Bill Walsh.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>This picture of the Solar Eclipse over Roscommon Town was photographed by Bill Walsh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Large crowds gathered in cities and towns across the country while special events were organised for people to enjoy the phenomenon together.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3863938_3_articleinline_Eclipse_204.jpg\" alt=\"Ruth Scutt and her husband David travelled from Roscommon to Valencia to experience the Solar Eclipse.\" title=\"Ruth Scutt and her husband David travelled from Roscommon to Valencia to experience the Solar Eclipse.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Ruth Scutt and her husband David travelled from Roscommon to Valencia to experience the Solar Eclipse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Warnings had been issued about eye protection which resulted in some unique choices to observe the event with everything from cereal boxes to welding masks used.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u00a0It was in 1999 when the last significant eclipse was visible in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3863939_3_articleinline_Eclipse_205.jpg\" alt=\"Ruth Scutt and her husband David travelled from Roscommon to Valencia to experience the Solar Eclipse. \" title=\"Ruth Scutt and her husband David travelled from Roscommon to Valencia to experience the Solar Eclipse. \" class=\"card-img\"\/>Ruth Scutt and her husband David travelled from Roscommon to Valencia to experience the Solar Eclipse. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stunning pictures of the Solar Eclipse last night were captured over Roscommon Town. Local people got to see&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[61,60,82,247],"class_list":["post-592032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}