The Giant's Causeway is one of the World Heritage Sites in Northern Ireland and was formed from an ancient volcanic eruption. For tourism purposes, however, the Irish have a legend to go along with formation...An Irish giant, Finn McCool, built the Causeway to link Scotland so that he could prove to Benandonner, a Scottish giant, that he was the bigger one. When Benandonner started to cross the Causeway for Ireland, Finn realized just how large he was and he fled home. When he got home, he told his wife, Oonagh, his dilemma, and, being a woman, she knew exactly what to do. She had him climb into the baby's crib and pretend to be the sleeping baby. When Benandonner arrived at their home, Oonagh welcomed him in and said that Finn was out fishing, but that he was welcome to stay as long as he didn't wake the baby. When Benandonner saw the baby in the crib he started to panic and exclaimed that if that is what the baby looked like, he didn't even want to meet the father, since he was truly be gigantic. As Benandonner fled home in terror, he destroyed the Causeway in case he was followed by Finn.
A view of the cliffs near the Giant's Causeway from the trails above in Northern Ireland.
A familiar scene when passing over the Sperrin Mountains in Northern Ireland- bare hills on one side and dense forests on the other.
A scenic view of the hills outside of Magherafelt in Northern Ireland.
A coastal view of a small village named Waterfoot in Northern Ireland.
One of the creeks that runs through
Gleann Aireamh (Glenariff) in Northern Ireland. There are nine glens altogether in County Antrim that were formed by glaciers during the Ice Age.
Another coastal view taken while driving along Northern Ireland's coastal route.
Tyson was our bed and breakfast owners' dog that they adopted after he was injured by a car outside of their house. Needless to say, he is fully recovered and couldn't get enough attention.
The Giant's Causeway is one of the World Heritage Sites in Northern Ireland and was formed from an ancient volcanic eruption. For tourism purposes, however, the Irish have a legend to go along with formation...An Irish giant, Finn McCool, built the Causeway to link Scotland so that he could prove to Benandonner, a Scottish giant, that he was the bigger one. When Benandonner started to cross the Causeway for Ireland, Finn realized just how large he was and he fled home. When he got home, he told his wife, Oonagh, his dilemma, and, being a woman, she knew exactly what to do. She had him climb into the baby's crib and pretend to be the sleeping baby. When Benandonner arrived at their home, Oonagh welcomed him in and said that Finn was out fishing, but that he was welcome to stay as long as he didn't wake the baby. When Benandonner saw the baby in the crib he started to panic and exclaimed that if that is what the baby looked like, he didn't even want to meet the father, since he was truly be gigantic. As Benandonner fled home in terror, he destroyed the Causeway in case he was followed by Finn.
A view of the cliffs near the Giant's Causeway from the trails above in Northern Ireland.
A familiar scene when passing over the Sperrin Mountains in Northern Ireland- bare hills on one side and dense forests on the other.
A scenic view of the hills outside of Magherafelt in Northern Ireland.
A coastal view of a small village named Waterfoot in Northern Ireland.
One of the creeks that runs through Gleann Aireamh (Glenariff) in Northern Ireland. There are nine glens altogether in County Antrim that were formed by glaciers during the Ice Age.
Another coastal view taken while driving along Northern Ireland's coastal route.
Tyson was our bed and breakfast owners' dog that they adopted after he was injured by a car outside of their house. Needless to say, he is fully recovered and couldn't get enough attention.
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