So, legend has it that an Irish giant called Fionn Mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool) created the Giants Causeway to travel to Scotland. The reason he wanted to travel was to fight his rival Benandonner, but when he became aware of how big his rival was his plan soon backfired!

But not to worry, as the clever Irish giant had a solution. And that was to dress up as his own “baby” son, so when Benandonner arrived in Northern Ireland to confront Fionn in battle, he was greeted by the giant’s other half and met one ‘giant baby’.

Once he saw the size of the baby he thought to himself, the father (Fionn) must be massive and then retreated back to his homeland of Scotland, ripping up the causeway as he went…

One of the most unique Giants Causeway facts is the it’s hexagonal structure that was formed around 50 to 60,000,000 years ago. Volcanic activity created these step-like hexagonal columns on the Antrim coast. As you can probably guess we like the other version a little better, as there is a bit more drama to it!

Now, this is a question we have been asked on many occasions and after some research, we can say the causeway is home to 40,000 interlocking basalt columns. Now, we have not gone around counting them all one by one, but should you have the time to do so… let us know!

It is indeed, it received such status in the year of 1986 and was then declared a national nature reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland.