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    Fingal's Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, known for its natural acoustics. The National Trust...
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  • an edition with the name Fingalshöhle (Fingal's Cave) and this title stuck, causing some confusion. Fingal's cave is a spot on the Hebridan Isle of Staffa...
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    Staffa (redirect from Clamshell cave)
    in general and of the island's main sea cavern, which Banks renamed 'Fingal's Cave'. Their visit was followed by those of many other prominent personalities...
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    enlargement. Some of the best-known sea caves are European. Fingal's Cave, on the island of Staffa in Scotland, is a spacious cave some 70 m long, formed in columnar...
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    known as the King's Cave it was known as Fingal's Cave after Fionn mac Cumhaill, a figure in Irish mythology. The current name of the cave is linked to the...
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  • SS Fingal, Norwegian merchant ship sunk off Australia in World War II Fingal Bay, New South Wales, near Port Stephens in Australia Fingal's Cave, sea-cave...
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    Grotto (category Cave geology)
    glass. The Romantic generation of tourists might not actually visit Fingal's Cave, on the remote isle of Staffa in the Scottish Hebrides, but they have...
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  • songs, possibly in this order: "Heart Beat, Pig Meat" "Country Song" "Fingal's Cave" "Crumbling Land" "Alan's Blues" "Oenone" "Rain in the Country/Unknown...
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    Scotland Samson's ribs, Scotland Fingal's Cave and Staffa, Scotland Pen Anglas, Pembrokeshire, Wales Ulva, Scotland Cave Dale, Castleton, Peak District...
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  • Voyage overture (1828), his overture The Hebrides (1830; also known as Fingal's Cave) and the overtures Die schöne Melusine (The Fair Melusine, 1834) and...
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    Ocean. The igneous province is the origin of the Giant's Causeway and Fingal's Cave. The province is also known as Brito–Arctic province (also known as...
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    overture The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) in 1830, inspired by visits to Scotland around the end of the 1820s. He visited Fingal's Cave, on the Hebridean isle...
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  • Shetland Cleeves Cove Cave, North Ayrshire Fingal's Cave, Inner Hebrides Smoo Cave, Sutherland Uamh An Claonaite, Sutherland Cathole Cave Dan yr Ogof Ogof...
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    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...
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    Stories" Christmas / Winter 13 November 2006 Fingal's Cave and Other Stories (Carry Case DVD) "Fingal's Cave" "Sand Sculpture Festival" "Nuts" "The Mountie"...
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    adaptation of Peter Pan whilst on Eilean Shona. The Hebrides, also known as Fingal's Cave, is a famous overture composed by Felix Mendelssohn while residing on...
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    Other famous places include the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, Fingal's Cave on the island of Staffa, Scotland and the Stuðlagil Canyon, Iceland...
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    visit the Hebrides and composed the Hebrides Overture, also known as Fingal's Cave. His friend Niels Gade devoted his first published work, the concert...
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    Point Conic Hill Culloden Moor Dunadd Duart Castle Durness Eilean Donan Fingal's Cave (Staffa) Fort George Glen Coe Glen Etive Glen Kinglas Glen Lyon Glen...
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    using a spinning wheel, County Galway, Ireland, c. 1890s Entrance to Fingal's Cave near low tide, 1900 HMY Osborne photochrom print, c. 1895 Ruins of the...
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  • he'd always play "The Lady in Red". If somebody went into a cave, he'd play "Fingal's Cave". If we were doing anything about eating, he'd do "A Cup of...
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    to the Giant's Causeway. It is highly probable that "Fingal Head" was named after Fingal's Cave on the island of Staffa in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland...
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    English artist J. M. W. Turner to reach America; these included Staffa, Fingal's Cave (1832) & Fort Vimieux (1831). It is likely that the painterly style...
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  • known as "Alan's Blues") is a bluesy instrumental. A track entitled "Fingal's Cave" and another called "Oenone" were recorded but did not appear on the...
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    Concerto No. 1 in G minor (1831) (MWV O 7) Op. 26, The Hebrides or Fingal's Cave, Overture in B minor for orchestra (1830/32). (MWV P 7) Op. 27, Meeresstille...
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  • Rosemary Breen on her Brother Syd Barrett: "He never sought celebrity"". Fingal's Cave Podcast. Retrieved 1 August 2024. Cavanagh, David (September 2006)....
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    variety of musicians, writers and artists. The Hebrides, also known as Fingal's Cave, is a famous overture written by Felix Mendelssohn inspired by his visit...
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    sometimes referred to as "paddys' mile stone" in Ayrshire.[citation needed] Fingal's Cave in Scotland is also named after him, and shares the feature of hexagonal...
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  • Written in the Highlands after a Visit to Burns's Country (1818) At Fingal's Cave (1818) The Gadfly (1818) Ben Nevis: A Dialogue (1818) Spenserian Stanza...
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  • moments look forward to an encounter with Staffa’s six-sided columns and Fingal's Cave; or I might head south to Corryvreckan, to be spun inside the whirlpool...
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