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In the old days in Ireland, he lived a good giant Fin Mac Cool and his wife Una, and across the strait from him in Scotland, lived a wicked giant Benadonna. Scot constantly touched and hurt the Irish. One day, Fin Mc Cool Benadonne shouted: “If I knew how to swim then sailed to the Strait for 2 minutes and can fight to you on the most baluysya not!” But he could not swim.


Then the Irishman decided to build a bridge across the strait. Seven days and nights he had not closed his eyes, dragged the huge stone rods into the sea and built a bridge across the strait. In the end he was very tired and thought: “Before the fight with Benadonnoy I have a good rest and went to bed. At this time the Scottish giant saw the bridge and ran on it in Ireland. He began knocking on the door to a giant, but Fin Mac Cool sound asleep. His wife Una was frightened and came up with cunning: it swaddle him as an infant. Opening the door she said Benadonne: Tsssss, I have the baby sleeps! ” Scot looked at the “baby” and thought: “If Fin Mc Kula baby so much, what is he?” Scared Benadonna fled back to Scotland, breaking for an entire bridge. Have survived only the beginning of the Bridge of the Giants, consisting of hexagonal basalt columns, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the wonders of nature …