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Ossian's Grave in Glenann, Country Antrim, Ireland
This incredible court cairn from the Stone Age is traditionally known as the grave of the warrior poet (awesome job) Ossian, a son of Finn MacCool
John Hewitt, poet of the glens, who is now buried in the same field, wrote a poem about the landmark:
We stood and pondered on the stones whose plan displays their pattern still; the small blunt arc, and, sill by sill, the pockets stripped of shards and bones. The legend has it, Ossian lies beneath this landmark on the hill, asleep till Fionn and Oscar rise to summon his old bardic skill in hosting their last enterprise. This, stricter scholarship denies, declares this megalithic form millennia older than his time - if such lived ever, out of rime - was shaped beneath Sardinian skies, was coasted round the capes of Spain, brought here through black Biscayan storm, to keep men's hearts in mind of home and its tall Sun God, wise and warm, across the walls of toppling foam, against this twilight and the rain. I cannot tell; would ask no proof; let either story stand for true, as heart or head shall rule. Enough that, our long meditation done, as we paced down the broken lane by the dark hillside's holly trees, a great white horse with lifted knees came stepping past us, and we knew his rider was no tinker's son.
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heavyarethecrowns · 6 years
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How many engagements did Kate do as a fiancée? I remember one with a boat and another where she dressed very similar to Diana but that’s about it. And if she didn’t do any after those two, what did she do as a fiancée? I don’t think she spent it getting prepared for her role because... well.. she hasn’t done much.
She did about 5 engagements 
First one - at The Thursford Christmas Spectacular in Norfolk on 21st December 
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Number 2 - Hereford Endevour Royal Lifeboat Launch - 24th Feb
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Third outing -  visit to St. Andrews University - February 25
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Later that day - New Zealand High Commission to sign the book of condolence in memory of those who lost their lives in the Christchurch earthquake
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Fourth engagement was a Visit To The College Of Agriculture, Food And Rural Enterprise, In Antirm, County Antrim In Northern Ireland - March 8th
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and her last pre wedding engagement was ar Witton Country Park on April 11
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jacquelinethings · 6 years
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The Dark Hedges ,Bregagh road near Armoy in County Antrim. - Northern Ireland ~ this is an avenue of ancient Beech trees called the Dark Hedges, in Antirm, Ireland. They are as beautiful in the prime of spring as they are ominous & mysterious when their leaves have fallen ... and, depending upon the quality of light, the ambiance of the road becomes either like entering a fairytale or taking the road to doom!
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stitpics · 7 years
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Don’t actually know what this goop is.  Probably not frog spawn because it is out of water. Somewhere in Glenariff, one of the glens of Co. Antirm, Northern Ireland, UK.
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Fairhead, County Antrim, Ireland
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Dún Mór at Fairhead, County Antrim, Ireland
The remnants of a celtic fort (said to be pretty great) can be seen on the way to Fairhead, Co Antrim and provide an amazing view over the causeway coast, across Rathlin Island and all the way to the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland.
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Tiveragh, or Fairy Hill, looking out around Cushendall and The Glens of Antrim
This tiny tall hill with a steep sudden gradient geographically can be described as a volcanic plug and archeologically it may be the site of a celtic fort but in local legend it is a fairy hill. It is said that fairies live under the hill and come out at night to dance, there is a fairy tree on it’s side with favours left for the wee folk and from the top the stunning views around Cushendall are all available. The farmer who owns the land is a lovely man who said he encourages people to climb it and gave us directions.
Now what do you think was making the noise? Twas a Hurley match – and may I choke - It was two wee teams of the Fairy folk That was rippling’ and tearing’ and weltin’ away In the light of the moon was bright as day.
And their playing pitch was hardly as big As my Uncle Barney’s potato rig; And me there watchin’ them puck and clout At the back o’ the wall with my eyes stuck out.
When all at once, like the squeal of a hare, A wee voice shouted, “Who’s that up there?” And a bit off a thing about nine – inch tall Came climbing up to the top of the wall.
And he stood there; he stood about pot -size With his two wee fingers up at my eyes, And its God’s own truth that I’m speakin’ mind ye, ”Get out o’ that,” says he, “or I’ll blind ye!”
Aye that’s what he said, “I’ll blind ye,” says he, And by Jing what he said was enough for me, Did I run? Aye surely; I didn’t miss - And I haven’t seen Tiveragh from that to this.
~ H.Browne
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Glenariff Forest Park in the mist and dew is really something else
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Walking up Slieve an Orra, County Antirm, Ireland 2021
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Loughareema, Country Antrim, Ireland
The Vanishing Lake 2021
This one of a kind phenomenon that puzzles scientists sits on a chalk basin and when it’s pores become clogged with peat from the water that passes through, it is able to hold water and become a lake. When the pressure from the water in the lake dislodges the peat and washes it away the lake drains and leaves a basin behind. This cycle continues and the lake can vanish and reappear in a matter of days. When dried up you can see where people have stacked cairns which are heavy enough to remain when the water returns and be mostly hidden, only to be revealed again when the water leaves. It is said that the lough is haunted by the passengers of a coach and horses that drove into the lake at night, not knowing that it was again full. 
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ladnkilt · 9 years
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COUNTING DOWN TO SAINT PATRICK'S DAY...  FROM COUNTY ANTRIM!
"The Giants Causeway", County Antrim, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland.
This Is An Example Of The Beautiful Countryside From County Antrim In Northern Ireland Where I And My Family Are From.
The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is also known as Clochán an Aifir or Clochán na bhFomhórach in Irish and tha Giant's Causey in Ulster-Scots.
It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, and a national nature reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. The Giant's Causeway is the fourth greatest natural wonder. The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven or eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres (39 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres (92 ft) thick in places.
According to legend, the columns are the remains of a causeway built by a giant. The story goes that the Irish giant Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn MacCool), from the Fenian Cycle of Gaelic mythology, was challenged to a fight by the Scottish giant Benandonner. Fionn accepted the challenge and built the causeway across the North Channel so that the two giants could meet. In one version of the story, Fionn defeats Benandonner. In another, Fionn hides from Benandonner when he realises that his foe is much bigger than he. Fionn's wife, Oonagh, disguises Fionn as a baby and tucks him in a cradle. When Benandonner sees the size of the 'baby', he reckons that its father, Fionn, must be a giant among giants. He flees back to Scotland in fright, destroying the causeway behind him so that Fionn could not follow. Across the sea, there are identical basalt columns (a part of the same ancient lava flow) at Fingal's Cave on the Scottish isle of Staffa, and it is possible that the story was influenced by this.
In overall Irish mythology, Fionn mac Cumhaill is not a giant but a hero with supernatural abilities. In Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry (1888) it is noted that, over time, "the pagan gods of Ireland [...] grew smaller and smaller in the popular imagination, until they turned into the fairies; the pagan heroes grew bigger and bigger, until they turned into the giants". There are no surviving pre-Christian stories about the Giant's Causeway, but it may have originally been associated with the Fomorians (Fomhóraigh); the Irish name Clochán na bhFomhóraigh or Clochán na bhFomhórach means "stepping stones of the Fomhóraigh". The Fomhóraigh are a race of supernatural beings in Irish mythology who were sometimes described as giants and who may have originally been part of a pre-Christian pantheon.
In reality, around 50 to 60 million years ago, during the Paleogene Period, Antrim was subject to intense volcanic activity, when highly fluid molten basalt intruded through chalk beds to form an extensive lava plateau. As the lava cooled, contraction occurred. Horizontal contraction fractured in a similar way to drying mud, with the cracks propagating down as the mass cooled, leaving pillarlike structures, which are also fractured horizontally into "biscuits". In many cases the horizontal fracture has resulted in a bottom face that is convex while the upper face of the lower segment is concave, producing what are called "ball and socket" joints. The size of the columns is primarily determined by the speed at which lava from a volcanic eruption cools. The extensive fracture network produced the distinctive columns seen today. The basalts were originally part of a great volcanic plateau called the Thulean Plateau which formed during the Paleogene.
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