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NORTHERN IRELAND – Places of interest

NORTHERN IRELAND – Places of interest. Kateřina Horská. Outline. Giant´s Causeway Belfast Castles Other places to see. Giant´s Causeway. General information. Area of basalt(čedič) columns Resulting from volcanic eruptions Sutuation: County Antrim Protected by UNESCO. Legend.

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NORTHERN IRELAND – Places of interest

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  1. NORTHERN IRELAND – Places of interest Kateřina Horská

  2. Outline • Giant´s Causeway • Belfast • Castles • Other places to see

  3. Giant´s Causeway

  4. General information • Area of basalt(čedič) columns • Resulting from volcanic eruptions • Sutuation: County Antrim • Protected by UNESCO

  5. Legend • Giant Fionn Mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool) built the causeway to walk to Scotland to fight his Scottish enemy Benandonner • He fell asleep before he got to Scotland. When he didn't arrive, the much larger Benandonner crossed the bridge looking for him.Wife of Finn wanted to protect her husband so she laid a blanket over him. Then she said Benandoner he was actually Finn's baby When Benandonner saw the size of the 'infant', he realized how big his father Finn had to be and fled home in terror, destroying the Causeway in case he was followed by Finn.

  6. Pictures Giant Causeway Organ

  7. Belfast Victorian architecture

  8. Queen´s University of Belfast • Victorian style • 1849

  9. Dry dock • Largest in the world

  10. Windsor House • The highest skyscraper in Ireland • 23 floors

  11. Belfast Castle Belfast City Hall Albert Clock

  12. Castles

  13. Carrickfergus Castle Dunluce castle – Antrim coast Kirkistown Castle Monea castle

  14. Other places to see

  15. Mussenden Temple • built in 1785 • the erosion has brought Mussenden Temple closer to the edge

  16. Lough Neagh • the largest lake in the United Kingdom

  17. Murlough National Nature Reserve • Sand dune system • location at the edge of Dundrum Bay and the Mourne Mountains

  18. Beaghmore Stone Circles • a complex of early Bronze Age megalithic stones

  19. Boa Island • One of several islands in Loch Erne • Famous for its statues • A pagan stone statue called Janus from the 4th or 5th century (double-sided)

  20. Thank you for your attention!!! The End

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