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The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir) [1] is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. [3] [4] It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.
Drury was born around 1698. She was associated with the Dublin Society (later the Royal Dublin Society), which presented her with its first award, worth £25, in 1740 for her paintings of the Giant's Causeway. [2]
Basalt columns seen on Porto Santo Island, Portugal. Columnar jointing of volcanic rocks exists in many places on Earth. Perhaps the most famous basalt lava flow in the world is the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, in which the vertical joints form polygonal columns and give the impression of having been artificially constructed.
Childe of Hale, English giant in Tudor England; Finnic mythologies; Giant animal (mythology) Giants (esotericism) Giant's Causeway; Jörmungandr, giant serpent in Norse mythology; Paleo-Balkan mythology; Processional giant; Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France; Proto-Indo-European mythology; Typhon, giant serpent in Greek mythology
In Irish mythology, the hero Fingal is known as Fionn mac Cumhaill, and it is suggested that Macpherson rendered the name as Fingal (meaning "white stranger") [8] through a misunderstanding of the name which in old Gaelic would appear as "Finn". [9] The legend of the Giant's Causeway has Finn (or Fionn) building the causeway between Ireland and ...
As well as the town's beaches and the Royal Portrush Golf Club (opened 1888), the nearby Giant's Causeway was a popular tourist destination, with the Giant's Causeway Tramway – at the time, one of the world's longest electrified railways – built in 1893 to cater to travellers coming from Portrush. [9]
The Aztec city-state of Tenochtitlan had causeways supporting roads and aqueducts. One of the oldest engineered roads yet discovered is the Sweet Track in England.Built in 3807 or 3806 BC, [5] the track was a walkway consisting mainly of planks of oak laid end-to-end, supported by crossed pegs of ash, oak, and lime, driven into the underlying peat.
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all the world's countries—including all the great powers—participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between military and ...