Finn MacCoolFinn MacCool

Finn McCool and the Finn McCool and the legend of the Giant’s legend of the Giant’s CausewayCauseway

The Giant’s CausewayThe Giant’s CausewayThe Giant’s Causeway is located in

County Antrim on the northeast coast of Ireland.

What is it?What is it?The area consists of an estimated

40,000 hexagonal basalt columns, which were formed during a volcano eruption 60 million years ago.

The Legend of Finn The Legend of Finn McCoolMcCoolA long, long time ago

in IrelandIreland there lived a giant called Finn McCoolFinn McCool

He was very proud to say that he was the biggestbiggest, bravestbravest giantgiant in Ireland

No-one in Ireland dared to challenge him

BenandonnerBenandonnerHowever in

Scotland there was a giant, much bigger and fiercer called BenandonnerBenandonner

He was known as the most fierce, fierce, fearless, bravest, fearless, bravest, and strongest and strongest giant in Scotland. Scotland.

FightFightOne day when Finn was going

about his daily business, Benandonner began to shout insults from across the sea.

In anger Finn lifted a lump of earth and threw it at the giant. He challenged him to a fight.

Benandonner threw a rock back at Finn and told him he couldn’t swim.

The CausewayThe CausewaySince Benandonner couldn’t swim and

there was no boat big enough to carry a giant, Finn built a huge causeway (a huge causeway (a bridge)bridge) of giant stones across the water so that the Scottish giant could travel

across the sea to Ireland.

Benadonner comes to Benadonner comes to IrelandIreland

However when Finn McCool realises the size of Benandonner and that he is much bigger than him. He is petrified. petrified. He knew that Benandonner would kill him.

He knew that he couldn’t fight him so ran home to his house

He asked his wife Oonagh to hide him

Finn Finn disguised disguised as a as a babybabyLuckily Finn’s wife

Oonagh was a very clever and tactical clever and tactical woman..

She told Finn not to worry, she disguiseddisguised him as a baby told him to go to the sofa and pretend to sleep sleep there..

Ben arrives furious at Finn’s Ben arrives furious at Finn’s househouseBen asks Finn’s

wife where he isOonagh tells Ben

that Finn is out but invites him in for some tea

She tells Ben to be quiet and shows him the “baby” (Finn McCool) that is sleeping

Ben cannot believe how big the Ben cannot believe how big the baby isbaby is

He is so shocked at the size of the baby that he runs away

“If the baby is huge the father must be

extremely GINORMOUS!!”

He runs back to Scotland

He destroys the Causeway so that Finn McCool can’t find him

Giant’s BootGiant’s BootOn the way On the way

home he home he lost his lost his bootboot

It is still It is still there todaythere today

What is a legend?What is a legend?An unbelievable story handed

down by tradition from other generations and popularly accepted as historical.

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