Crowds have gathered at locations across the country to view the eclipse - with varying degrees of success.
The clouds parted briefly to reveal a more than 90% eclipse in central Dublin.
It went dark and dusk-like at around 9.30 this morning, when the moon was covering most of the sun.
Around a thousand people turned out to the main square in Trinity College in Dublin to see the deepest eclipse in more than 15 years.
Huge crowds @tcddublin for #eclipse2015 @BreakfastNT @BreakfastNT pic.twitter.com/DR4GNMerwA
— Henry McKean (@HenryMcKean) March 20, 2015
Roar from the crowds @tcddublin as a little break in the clouds reveals #eclipse2015 pic.twitter.com/ICO5udXDza
— Futureproof (@newstalkscience) March 20, 2015
9-year-old Donagh Thornbury from Ringsend was looking at the sky when the clouds parted:
Visibility was best in the south of the country, with plenty of cloud cover elsewhere.
Observers in Cork, Galway and other locations around the country did enjoy somewhat clearer skies than the Dublin crowds during the partial eclipse. Donegal enjoyed the fullest eclipse with around 93% of the sun covered.
Newstalk Lunchtime's Jonathan Healy captured this photo in Cork at 9.25am:
Anybody trying to view the eclipse had been encouraged to not stare directly at the sun, and instead use special viewing devices. Specsavers Ireland advised people to channel Bonnie Tyler’s hit Total Eclipse of the Heart, encouraging “enthralled bright-eyed spectators to ‘turnaround’ when observing the exciting event”.
Meanwhile scientists from Hawaii, Aberystwyth University and Trinity College Dublin - along with Newstalk's very own Jonathan McCrea - were up above the clouds with the Irish Air Corp to take in the eclipse from its greatest vantage point.
You can check out the Futureproof liveblog at newstalk.com/eclipse, and make sure to tune in to the show tomorrow morning from 10am to hear more about the trip.
And of course many took to Twitter to share images and reactions from today's event:
And just caught the end of #eclipse2015 in Dublin too! pic.twitter.com/xSnKED2Nyn
— Sarah Gallagher (@SarahGallags) March 20, 2015
Rush Co. Dublin #eclipse2015 pic.twitter.com/OIkqmJEN7M
— Neil Higginbotham (@NeilHiggin) March 20, 2015
SOLAR ECLIPSE OVER BALLYSHANNON CO.DONEGAL 20 MARCH 2015 pic.twitter.com/4Asmhhd6uD
— Donegal weather page (@DonegalWeatherC) March 20, 2015
Solar Eclipse live from The Book Centre roof #Waterford #SolarEclipse pic.twitter.com/Cpwaq8tnJB
— The Book Centre (@TheBookCentres) March 20, 2015
Plan your journey in the morning. If driving keep your eyes on the road.Pls do NOT "Turnaround, every now and then" pic.twitter.com/4IxuQJqsXX
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) March 19, 2015
