Leave this place, Winter ...

 'Your time has come, now hasten little snowflakes. To vanish quite away; The spring-tide hours are sounding gentle warnings, forbidding you to stay.' — M E HATHAWAY.

There was a decidedly winterish feel to this morning's Equinox effect at the Dun Ailinne spear sculpture as we officially tipped over into Spring, writes Brian Byrne.

With -3degC not an encouragement to hang around, there was at least some fairly clear sky to get a shot of the effect created by sculptor Noel Scullion ten years ago.

The annual Spring Equinox 'gathering' at the KCA-commissioned monument will be at around 6.15am on Saturday. Weather-wise there's a decent chance of a viewing of the rising sun, but it's 100pc certain that there'll be Nolans sausages, brown bread and tea in Ray and Fiona Kelly's home at 1060 Nicholastown afterwards.

You can go through previous Equinox events here.