The Tale of Northern Ireland by Poland

The Giant’s Causeway is a famous landmark on the coast of Antrim in Northern Ireland. This is a traditional Irish legend about how a giant called Finn MacCool created this spectacular attraction.




MałgosiaKossowska 7 year old

Finn MacCool lived on the North Coast of Ireland and had a great rivalry with another giant, Benandonner, who lived across the sea in Scotland.


                                                                         WiktoriaRogoziewicz 7 year old

The two giants would shout at each other across the water. One day after the huge argument about who was stronger, Finn grabbed a rock and threw it towards Scotland. 

IzaMaryniak 12 year old
 He issued a challenge, to settle who the strongest giant was, once and for all! Benandonner asked how they could fight across the sea as he could not swim, so Finn MacCoolthrew slabs of volcanic rock into the sea to pave a causeway to Scotland. Then Benandonner would be able to walk across to Ireland and fight Finn.

                                                                 IzaMaryniak 12 year old

When the causeway was finished Benandonner run across to fight with Finn MacCool. Finn MacCool’s wife, Oonagh, saw him running towards their home and realized he was much bigger than her husband.  She was worried that Finn would lose fight.


 IzaMaryniak 12 year old
She looked in the house and saw that Finn was sleeping. She quickly threw a blanket over him and put a bonnet on his head. When Benandonner approached the house she told him to stop shouting because he would wake her baby. She led him into the house and showed him Finn sleeping in the corner. She told Benandonner that this was Finn MacCool’s baby and that Finn would be back soon if he wanted to wait for him.


 IzaMaryniak 12 year old

Benandonner thought Finn MacColl must be a massive giant if this was the size of his baby!  He run away because he was too afraid to fight Finn MacCool.  Benandonner fled all the way back to Scotland, destroying the causeway as he crossed the sea to prevent Finn from following him. The remains are what we now know as the Giants Causeway


Julia Kęciek 7 year old

Finn MacCool was very proud of his wife Oonagh . And they lived happily ever after.