finn mccool
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Finn McCool and the Finn McCool and the legend of the Giant’s legend of the Giant’s CausewayCauseway
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The Giant’s CausewayThe Giant’s CausewayThe Giant’s Causeway is located in
County Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland.
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What is it?What is it?The area has approximately
40,000 hexagonal stones, which were formed during a volcano eruption 60 million years ago.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Benadonner comes to Benadonner comes to IrelandIreland
However when Finn McCool realised how big Benandonner was, he was scared. 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
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Finn dressed up as a Finn dressed up as a babybabyLuckily Finn’s wife
Oonagh was a very intelligent woman.
She told Finn not to worry, she dressed him up as a baby and told him to go to the sofa and pretend to sleep there..
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Ben arrives furious at Finn’s Ben arrives furious at Finn’s househouseBen asked Finn’s
wife where he was
Oonagh told Ben that Finn was out but invited him in for some tea
She told Ben to be quiet and showed him the “baby” (Finn McCool) that was sleeping
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Ben cannot believe how big the Ben cannot believe how big the baby isbaby is
He was so shocked at the size of the baby that he ran away
“If the baby is huge the father must be
extremely GINORMOUS!!”
He ran back to Scotland
He destroyed the Causeway so that Finn McCool couldn’t find him
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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
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