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It began long before human beings wrote things down.

The land that would become County Antrim emerged from mist and myth,

its basalt cliffs rising like ancient guardians along the northern edge of Ireland.

The giant's causeway, that cathedral of volcanic stones, stood silent and impenetrable,

older than any church, older than humanity itself.

And yet, it would be man who gave the land its meaning.

Stone circles turned into churches.

Harts became altars. And blood spilled not only in conquest, but in

worship.

The first people who came to Antrim were wanderers of the Mesolithic age, etching a living

from the forests and coasts.

They brought their tools and fire, and in time, they're dead.

Then came the Celts, bringers of iron, language, and gods who lived in trees and streams.

The druids ruled the sacred groves, speaking with nature and guiding kings, and for for centuries their power went unchallenged

but in the fifth century across the irish sea a boy named patricius kidnapped from britain

enslaved in antrim's shadowed hills returned not with vengeance but with As St. Patrick, he brought a message of love

wrapped in divine fire. Christianity came not as a sword, but as a slow, patient wave,

overtaking the high places and the sacred wells. In County Antrim, it nestled in the glens and took root.

Monks became the new keepers of truth, scratching Latin prayers into calfskin in cold stone rooms.

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