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title: Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
author: Chmee2
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18640/giants-causeway-county-antrim-northern-ireland/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 2024-03-06
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# Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

_Authored by Chmee2_

## Image File

[![Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/18640.jpeg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/18640.jpeg)

## Image Caption

[Giant](https://www.worldhistory.org/Giants/)'s Causeway, County Antrim, Northern [Ireland](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Ireland/). According to legend, the basalt columns were erected by the great hero and giant Finn MacCool across the North Channel between Ireland and [Scotland](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Scotland/) so he could meet a Scottish giant in single combat.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Chmee2. (2024, March 06). Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18640/giants-causeway-county-antrim-northern-ireland/>
### Chicago
Chmee2. "Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 06, 2024. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18640/giants-causeway-county-antrim-northern-ireland/>.
### MLA
Chmee2. "Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland." *World History Encyclopedia*, 06 Mar 2024, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18640/giants-causeway-county-antrim-northern-ireland/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giant%27s_Causeway_(14).JPG) by [**Chmee2**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giant%27s_Causeway_(14).JPG). Submitted by [Joshua J. Mark](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/JPryst/ "User Page: Joshua J. Mark"), published on 06 March 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.