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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.
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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.
Bushmills (From Irish Muileann na Buaise [1] ⓘ) is a village on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland.Bushmills had a population of 1,247 in the 2021 Census.It is located 60 miles (97 km) from Belfast, 11 miles (18 km) from Ballycastle and 9 miles (14 km) from Coleraine.
The district covers most of the northern part of Northern Ireland; an area totalling 1796 km 2 spanning parts of Counties Antrim and Londonderry. It had a population of around 141,316 in 2022. [ 3 ] The name of the new district was announced on 17 September 2008 as 'Causeway Coast' and was revised in February 2009.
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 ...
Dunseverick Castle is situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, near the small village of Dunseverick and the Giant's Causeway.Dunseverick Castle and earthworks are Scheduled Historic Monuments in the townland of Feigh, in Causeway coast and Glens district council, at grid ref: C9871 4467.
Benbane Head, or Benbane (from Irish an Bhinn Bhán 'the white headland'), [1] is the northernmost point of mainland Northern Ireland. It is in County Antrim, near the Giant's Causeway, which lies between Causeway Head and Benbane Head. The nearest settlements are Bushmills and Portballintrae.