That is the name of a villageon the island of Anglesey, Wales, People also call it Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, but it is commonly known as Llanfair PG or Llanfairpwll,
The long form of the name is the longest officially recognized place name in the United Kingdom and one of the longest in the world, being 58 letters in length (51 letters in the Welsh alphabet, where “ch” and “ll” count as single letters).
The name is Welsh for “St Mary’s church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave”.
You can see the size of the sign at the train station in the picture below.
And wouldn´t you like to try with the pronunciation?
If you go to County Antrim, in Northern Ireland, you will discover a mysterious collection of about 40,000 columns of stone next to the sea. Local people call the stones the Giant´s Causeway, and there is an ancient story about their origin:
In Ireland, lived a gentle giant called Finn McCool. At fifty two feet six inches, he was a relatively small giant…
… But across the sea in Scotland there was a rival giant called Benandonner.
The two Giants hollered across the sea of Moyle, each demanding a trial of strength. This was agreed, and hospitable Finn offered to make the contest possible by building a rocky causeway between the two countries. But the work was so laborious that Finn fell asleep with exhaustion…
Oonagh was Finn’s wife, a giantess; she woke up early the next morning to find Finn asleep. Then she heard the sound of thunderous footsteps…
… and saw the mighty Benandonner approaching. He was truly gigantic. Finn would be no match against this Scottish giant! Quick thinking Oonagh covered the sleeping Finn with a nightgown and bonnet…
“Where’s Finn?” bellowed Benandonner, “Where is the coward hiding?” He peered at the sleeping Finn.
“Be quiet,” Oonagh warned Benandonner, “or you’ll waken the bairn!”
Benandonner panicked. If the child was this big, how much bigger might Finn be? He did not stay to find out… He hastily retreated across the causeway, destroying it in his wake…
Modern geologists have another opinion about the Giant´s Causeway. They say that they are the result of a prehistoric volcanic eruption. The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven and eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres high and the solidified lava is 28 metres thick in some places.
