The Giant’s Causeway is one of the most important tourist attractions in Ireland, and one of the most visited natural places in Europe. It receives approximately 1 million visits per year.

Located in County Antrim, in Northern Ireland, it is a formation of volcanic origin, according to geologists, but not according to Irish legends.

Irish legend of the Giant’s Causeway

Although it is nothing more than a legend, it must be said that the explanation given by the Irish for the creation of the causeway is quite curious.

There were two giants, Finn McCool who lived in Ireland, and Bennandoner, who lived on the island of Staffa, off the coast of Scotland.

The two giants, who did not get along, began one day to throw stones at each other, and they were forming a road, the present causeway, to join the coast of Ireland with that of Scotland and settle their disputes.
Apparently when Finn McCool saw the Scottish Giant’s wingspan, he turned around and ran to hide at home.

When he got home and his wife saw him so scared, he asked him what the problem was, and Finn explained it to him. So Oonagh, who was his wife’s name, decided to dress him in baby clothes, to hide him.

When the giant Bennandoner arrived at Finn’s house and knocked on the door looking for him, his wife told him that he was not at home, but please do not make noise, lest he wake up her baby .

Bennandoner, seeing the size of such a baby, thought how big hi...