There's a European total eclipse in two weeks (with Ireland getting about 95% darkness)

A “ONCE IN a generation” solar eclipse is to occur in two weeks, and Cork – which is Ireland’s “best-positioned major city” for it – is already preparing for the spectacle. A solar eclipse is the term used for when the moon moves between earth and the sun, blocking its view from earth. National Solar Observatory National Solar ObservatoryStock is currently available to collect at MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory on Castle Road in Cork. Solar eclipse lino-printing and pinhole-projector activities are also planned at Tramore Valley Park and Bell’s Field, MTU said. “Cork’s position in the south-west means it is Ireland’s best-positioned major city for the solar eclipse, and Ireland’s natural ‘Eclipse Capital’,” Smith said.