Famous Places of Ireland

Giant's Causeway is the name of basalt columns, that have been declared as World Heritage by the UNESCO. They have lasted 60 millions years so far, formed in the process of down cooling lava. As the Irish legend tells, the stone formation was built by a giant, who wanted to construct a bridge over the sea to Scotland. It has a lenght of 5 kilometres, ending in the sea.

The most famous passage tomb of the world, Newgrange, is in County Meath, Ireland. Discovered accidentally, it longly was used as pastureland for the local farmers, who didn't know they were standing on a national sign of the Irish culture. After a reconstruction, that lead to interested tourists visiting the place, it now has been forbidden because of the damage the visits had caused over the years.

Dublin Castle, the former seat of british rule in Ireland, has once been a stronghold, but in the 18th and 19th century it was extended to a more widespread facility, still used for today 's inauguration of the Irish president or meetings of the European Council. The old chapel is also in use as a cultural centre of the local Irish people.

Rock of Cashel, a mountain early in medieval times admired as a host of elfs and ghosts, was used by a former local clan as their strategic place where they built a huge castle. Like the legend says, the place was Saint Patrick's seat of bishopric. Many famous monuments as Cormac's Chapel, Vicars Choral and the Saint-Patrick-Cross.

Jonathan and Lukas