Giant’s Causeway

When I first saw photos of the Giant’s Causeway and the iconic rock formations, I was simply amazed at them. All I could think of it how could it be all natural. Or maybe not, that is if you believe the story of Finn MacCool. Finn MacCool was a giant that live in the island or Ireland. Another giant across the sea, was threatening him. Finn MacCool hurled rocks at the giant and eventually formed a land bridge between Ireland and Scotland. When Finn MacCool came after the giant, he realized that the giant was much larger than him and he ran back to Ireland. The much bigger giant then came across the land bridge looking for Finn MacCool but instead saw the wife with an abnormally large baby, which was actually Finn MacCool in disguise. The giant saw the baby and realized that if the baby was already this big, the surely the full grown Finn MacCool would be even larger than him. He ran back to Scotland, tearing out the land bridge and formed what is now known as the Giant’s Causeway.

The alternative story is that these rocks were formed back when this part of the world was still geologically active. The basalt was uplifted to what can be seen now. The Giant’s Causeway isn’t the only place where you can see such things. In fact, across the Irish Sea, there are several places where you can see these types of rocks. Of course, they ware not as well known as the Giant’s Causeway but they are still well worth a visit. I do hope I get a chance to visit these places since it doesn’t seem too far away. Some of the locations are a little difficult to access though, it was almost some giant was in a hurry getting rid of a land bridge that he forgot about a few places.

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