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VIEW GALLERY. Ireland is to be temporarily plunged into darkness next month by a near-total solar eclipse. Over 90% of the sun will be obscured during the astronomical event, which will be visible from Ireland on March 20, 2015.
A solar eclipse as seen from Australia's Palm Cove in 2012Getty. A solar eclipse is set to plunge parts of Europe into darkness for a few minutes on 20 March, with the moon obscuring the light from the Sun in a celestial event that takes place in some part of the world once every 18 months or so.