MYC602 Giants Causeway

The Giant's Causeway (Clochán an Aifir or Clochán na bhFomhórach) in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, is a stunning geological wonder of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns was created, and according to Irish legend, by the mighty Irish giant Finn McCool (Fionn mac Cumhaill) as a stone pathway across the sea to fight his Scottish rival, Benandonne. Finn was a legendary figure from Irish mythology, a mythology that features famous historical figures known as the "Irish Giant" that stood between 7 feet 7 inches and 8 feet tall, they were monstrous supernatural races, and legendary landscape-shapers rooted in ancient Celtic folklore While he is rooted in traditional folklore and medieval stories like the Fenian Cycle. Some historians believe Finn McCool may have been loosely inspired by an actual 3rd-century warrior or chieftain, rather than a literal giant.