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AMELIA EARHART CROSSES THE ATLANTIC, BALLYARNETT, DERRY
In 1932 attempting to make a solo trans-Atlantic flight from Newfoundland, Canada to Paris to emulate the achievement of Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart did indeed cross the Atlantic and landed in a field in Derry/Londonderry. As her plane developed problems Amelia was forced to land as soon as she could, landing in a field in Ballyarnett Village. T he American Aviator had placed Derry/Londonderry in the history of aviation as the landing site of the first female non-stop trans-Atlantic flight. See on the Map-olah Map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Amelia_Earhart_crosses_the_Atlantic
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THE CREATION OF LOUGH NEAGH AND THE ISLE OF MAN
The warrior Fin McCool was chasing a Scottish giant across Ulster, unable to quite reach him he bent down and scooped out a huge divot and flung it at the disappearing giant. The throw was of such a range it overtook the giant, and carried on out into the Irish Sea, with a massive splash the Isle of Man was created in the Irish Sea between England and Northern Ireland. Whilst, the hole in the ground where Fin McCool grabbed the divot of earth quickly filled with water creating Lough Neagh! See on the Map-olah map: www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=The_Creation_of_Lough_Neagh_and_the_Isle_of_Man RING OF GULLION - CU CHULAINN
Here Cu Chulainn hero of the Ulster Cycle, aged 17, single-handedly defended Ulster from the invading army of Cannacht , led by its queen in a bid to seize a prized stud bull. The battle continues further south and Cu Chulainn with his battle chariot and battle frenzy ranged across the Muirthemne Plain. Dundalk in the Republic of Ireland has as its motto 'I gave birth to Cu Chulainn'. Cu Chulainn is also known of the 'Hound of Ulster' arising from his childhood slaying of a hound in self-defence and then being ready to take its place. See on the Map-olah Map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Ring_of_Gullion_-_Cu-Chulainn CARRICKFERGUS CASTLE
Norman castle overlooking Belfast Lough, besieged by Scots, Irish, English and French. Originally surrounded on three sides by water. Also the location of US naval hero John Paul Jones' capture of HMS Drake from the Royal Navy during the American War of Independence. See on the Map-olah Map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Carrickfergus_Castle You are never more than 30 miles from a legendary location or historical site in Northern Ireland using the Map-olah map!
From St. Patrick to Amelia Earhart, and Conn-Edda to Finn MacCool - there's plenty to discover! Beneath the waters of Lough Erne lay the kingdom of the Fin Bolg whose King possessed a golden apple bearing crystal tree in his pleasure garden.
Conn-Edda was given an obligatory quest to retrieve three golden apples from the tree, a black steed and a hound with supernatural powers from the underwater kingdom. Conn-edda succeeded and planted the apples which gave healing powers to the land and led to the fertility of his own kingdom. Go direct to the map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Conn-Edda_&_the_Golden_Apples_of_Lough_Erne On the north coast of County Antrim can be found around 40,000 interlocking hexagonal basalt columns, said to have been made into a causeway by the Irish giant Finn MacCool so that he could fight the Scottish giant Benandonner.
The other end of the causeway is located on the Scottish Isle of Staffa, at Fingal's Cave, with its identical basalt columns. The geological feature can also be put down to the cooling of volcanic activity in the area 50 - 60 million years ago. |
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