They say it all began when Finn McCool heard about Benandonner (a giant from Scotland) and decided it was a challenge.
There was only one problem: the sea lay between them. No matter, he thought, and began laying stones into the ocean, step by step, until a level, heavy path stretched out from Ireland.
When it came to the meeting, it turned out Benandonner was no ordinary rival — he was vastly bigger than Finn, and it was all going to end badly.
His wife Oonagh’s wits came to the rescue. She laid Finn in a cradle, covered him up and presented him as a baby. When Benandonner arrived and saw the “infant,” he stopped short. If that’s the child — what must the father be like?
So Benandonner turned around and hurried back, tearing up the causeway behind him so no one could catch him.
What’s left is the Giant’s Causeway. A piece of history in which someone started building a bridge for the sake of a fight.