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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.68,0:00:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the coast of Northern Ireland,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.62,0:00:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a vast plateau of basalt slabs\Nand columns
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.12,0:00:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called the Giant’s Causeway
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.16,0:00:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stretches into the ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.04,0:00:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The scientific explanation for this
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.04,0:00:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it’s the result of\Nmolten lava contracting and fracturing
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.40,0:00:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it cooled in the wake \Nof a volcanic eruption.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.78,0:00:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But an ancient Irish myth \Nhas a different accounting.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.53,0:00:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to legend,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.16,0:00:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the giant Finn MacCool lived happily \Non the North Antrim coast
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.40,0:00:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with his wife Oonagh.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.28,0:00:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their only disturbance came from\Nthe taunts and threats
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.01,0:00:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the giant Benandonner,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.34,0:00:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the red man, \Nwho lived across the sea in Scotland.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.87,0:00:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two roared insults \Nand hurled rocks at each other
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.08,0:00:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in dramatic shows of strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.08,0:00:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once, Finn tore up a great clump of land \Nand heaved it at his rival,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.60,0:01:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it fell short of reaching land.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.22,0:01:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, the clump became the Isle of Man,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.17,0:01:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the crater left from the disturbed\Nearth filled with water
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.36,0:01:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become Lough Neagh.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.87,0:01:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The giants’ tough talk continued,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.21,0:01:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until one day Benandonner challenged \NFinn to a fight, face to face.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.11,0:01:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the Irish giant tossed \Nenough boulders into the sea
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.19,0:01:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a bridge of stepping \Nstones to the Scottish coast.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.23,0:01:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finn marched across in a fit of rage.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.55,0:01:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Scotland loomed before him,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.47,0:01:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he made out the figure \Nof Benandonner from afar.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.60,0:01:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finn was a substantial size,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.07,0:01:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at the sight of his colossal\Nenemy thundering towards him,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.50,0:01:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his courage faltered.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.30,0:01:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With one look at Benandonner’s thick neck\Nand crushing fists, Finn turned and ran.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.99,0:01:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back home, with Benandonner \Nfast approaching,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.81,0:01:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finn trembled as he described \Nhis enemy’s bulk to Oonagh.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.45,0:01:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They knew that if he faced \NBenandonner head on,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.11,0:01:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he’d be crushed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.66,0:02:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so Oonagh hatched a cunning plan -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.18,0:02:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they needed to create an illusion of size,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.58,0:02:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to suggest Finn was a mountain \Nof a man whilst keeping him out of sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.85,0:02:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Benandonner neared \Nthe end of the bridge,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.53,0:02:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oonagh stuffed her husband \Nin a huge cradle.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.78,0:02:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disguised as an enormous baby,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.60,0:02:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finn lay quiet as Benandonnner \Npounded on the door.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.40,0:02:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The house shook as he stepped inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.05,0:02:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oonagh told the enraged visitor \Nthat her husband wasn’t home,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.11,0:02:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but welcomed him to sit\Nand eat while he waited.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.90,0:02:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Benandonner tore into the cakes \Nplaced before him,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.87,0:02:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he cried out in pain
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.92,0:02:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for he’d shattered his teeth \Non the metal Oonagh had concealed inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.28,0:02:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She told him that this \Nwas Finn’s favorite bread,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.97,0:02:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sewing a seed of doubt \Nin Benandonner’s mind
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.86,0:02:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he was any match for his rival.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.71,0:02:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Finn let out a squawk,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.44,0:02:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Benandonner’s attention was drawn \Nto the gigantic baby in the corner.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.84,0:03:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So hefty was the infant swaddled \Nunder piles of blankets,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.70,0:03:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Benandonner shuddered at the thought \Nof what the father would look like.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.17,0:03:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He decided he’d rather not find out.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.68,0:03:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As he fled, Benandonner tore up the rocks \Nconnecting the shores,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.95,0:03:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breaking up the causeway.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.98,0:03:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What remains are two identical \Nrock formations:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.44,0:03:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one on the North Antrim coast of Ireland
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.30,0:03:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one at Fingal’s Cave in Scotland, \Nright across the sea.