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The Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland.
Legend has it the the causeway way built by a giant called Finn MacCool to enable a trial of strength with the rival giant Benandonner who lived in Scotland. A wonderful story until in 1771 a Frenchman, Demarest, announced the origin of the causeway to be the result of volcanic action! Whether you choose to believe the legend, handed down from generation to generation, or the scholarly Demarest, one thing is certain, the over 40 thousand columns of basalt certainly makes an unusual sight.
On the 26th of October, 1588 a Spanish Galleon was shipwrecked against the jagged rocks of basalt. It is claimed that while the survivors recovered at nearby Dunluce Castle, the castle owners, the MacDonnells helped themselves to the ship's treasure, the remains of which can be seen in the Ulster Museum, Belfast. The wreck of the galleon itself is still beneath the waves at Port na Spainigh (The Spanish Port) where it sank.
These pictures where taken in May when the wild flowers where blooming in profusion .
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Giants Causeway
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Getting there? Map
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