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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