The Giant's Causeway and the Wishing Chair of Ireland

The Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland is on thethis woman with the construction of this bridge, so
north coast of Ireland is only World Heritage Site.that it reached with ease, comfort and convenience.
This is one of the most extraordinary rockAt the top of the middle finger Causeway, is a rocky
formations, which are made of 37,000 hexagonalseat, is known as the Wishing Chair. It was said that
columns of dark standing under the gray cliffs ofthis chair for the giant Finn MacCool, he was a child,
north Antrim. The Giant's Causeway Causewayhas been done. As legend has it, all requests are
consists of the Small, Medium and Large Causewaymade by everyone in the Wishing Chair true. Perhaps
Causeway. Interestingly, similar to watching the sky,the giant had wanted, before being able to build the
the shape of the tail of a Granddam, and one day his wish came true!
CausewayLizard.ireland vacation packagesGeologists,However, I came up with some
According to legend, these stones were placedexplanations about the existence of these amazing
hexagonal actually a giant called Finn MacCool. Herock formations. According to them these formations
placed the rocks there is a bridge formed, whichabout 60 million years ago have been created by
extends across the sea and the island of Staffa inmassive volcanic eruptions. The layer of tholeiitic
Scotland reached. There are columns like in Scotlandbasalt lava that cooled quickly to break the rocks into
found. This bridge, like a catwalk for the woman hepolygonal blocks. At the end of the Ice Age, about
loved, who was on the island of Staffa. Provided this15,000 years ago, eroded sea water in the mud,
step to forward him, without wet feet. The giantmaking today the Giant's Causeway.
Finn MacCool indeed showed his deepThe love for