{"id":718920,"date":"2026-07-30T10:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/718920\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T10:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:55:08","slug":"eclipse-glasses-to-be-made-free-as-cork-best-city-to-see-once-in-generation-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/718920\/","title":{"rendered":"Eclipse glasses to be made free as Cork &#8216;best city&#8217; to see once-in-generation event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Munster Technological University is making 6,500 free solar eclipse glasses available in time for the once-in-a-generation deep partial solar eclipse on Wednesday August 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cork is Ireland&#8217;s best-positioned city for the event, with approximately 96% of the sun expected to be covered by the moon at maximum eclipse at approximately 7.13pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">MTU&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.echolive.ie\/corknews\/arid-40182414.html\"> Blackrock Castle Observatory <\/a> is encouraging the public to collect appropriate glasses, plan a location with a clear western view and follow expert safety guidance throughout the eclipse.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5173543_3_articleinlinemobile_DK20260724_20SolarEclipse_200112.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Niall Smith, head of research at Munster Technological University and head of MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory; Caoimhe Lyons, a mathematical sciences and physics graduate and science facilitator at MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory; Dr Melissa Courtney, Blackrock Castle Observatory; and Alan Giltinan, centre manager and researcher at Blackrock Castle Observatory. Picture: Darragh Kane\" title=\"Dr Niall Smith, head of research at Munster Technological University and head of MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory; Caoimhe Lyons, a mathematical sciences and physics graduate and science facilitator at MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory; Dr Melissa Courtney, Blackrock Castle Observatory; and Alan Giltinan, centre manager and researcher at Blackrock Castle Observatory. Picture: Darragh Kane\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Dr Niall Smith, head of research at Munster Technological University and head of MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory; Caoimhe Lyons, a mathematical sciences and physics graduate and science facilitator at MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory; Dr Melissa Courtney, Blackrock Castle Observatory; and Alan Giltinan, centre manager and researcher at Blackrock Castle Observatory. Picture: Darragh Kane<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Free public eclipse activities will also take place from 5.30pm to 8.30pm at MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory, Tramore Valley Park and Bell&#8217;s Field, in collaboration with Cork City Council and in support of the Night-Time Economy and After Hours at the Museum initiative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Glasses will be available from Blackrock Castle Observatory before August 12, with additional locations set to be announced later this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Munster Technological University is making 6,500 free solar eclipse glasses available in time for the once-in-a-generation deep partial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[16170,237850,154468,90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-718920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-cork-news","tag-echo-instagram","tag-cork-city-council","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}