Legend has it that St Patrick chased all the snakes in Ireland into the sea - which explains why there are no snakes in the country. The story seems to date back to a late seventh century book ...

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I used to stay out in the forests and on ... of legends associated with Saint Patrick, perhaps the most famous being that he drove the snakes from Ireland. One account says that he stood on ...

I am known as Saint Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland ... Sometimes artists show me chasing snakes out of Ireland - that always makes me smile because there have never been any snakes in ...