Scores of these reptile creatures reappeared in human form as paid informers at trials of Provo suspects in the North of Ireland during the '70s and '80s, where they were known as Supergrass Snakes, some of which seemed venomous.

I always heard they went to England and became contractors.

I believe it was attributed to Brendan Behan that the snakes actually came to America and became politicians.

Too bad he didn't get the ones with the white collars.

Too bad he didn't get the ones with the white collars.

there is another explanation for the St Pat/snake connection. You'll find a version of it in Padraic Colum/s "A Treasury of Irish Folklore". It seems one of the Old Norse words was "paud", meaning "toad" or other lizard/reptile sorts. Norsemen came to Ireland, they realized there were no such creatures and were told that "St PAUD-rig" sent the little beasties packing--which was among the first Irish leg-pulls on tourists. There is at least one song that mentions Patrick banishing the toads, which adds credence to the tale.

There is no snakes.. and i think never was, the snakes seem to be a simile... The annals.. see www.ucc.org/CELT don't mention it so it's probably not true. But they do mention his trip to Tara to convert the King.. it's on our facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=app_2373072738&gid=337437531415#!/topic.php?uid=337437531415&topic=14457

No sure should I take comments seriously. Evolution comment; evolution takes many forms some with legs and some without legs and comments implied that evolution is over, far from it everything is still evolving and legs will come and go. Also the land bridge lasted a lot longer between the UK and Europe then it did between Ireland and the UK allowing snakes to return to the uk after the last ICE age, Also many snake like animals have been spotted in co. Mayo recently.

If lizards are evolved snakes then why are there still snakes? They should have all evolved into lizards by now. Evolution is a lie, God created snakes, lizards and everything else. Thank-you St. Patrick for driving them out!

Actually they all went to work for Fox noise.

What did St. Patrick say to the snakes when he was driving them out of Ireland? Are ye alright in the back there lads!!!!

battlefront. great laughs but ....sadly true.

Hi: You wrote: Because snakes are cold-blooded animals, they can’t survive in areas where the ground is frozen, so they all had an icy ending. I live in Northern Wisconsin, USA. In the winter ice on our lakes freeze to a depth three feet in thickness. Our ground freezes to more than that. AND we have snakes. Regards' Zarfman

No he did'nt ban them from Ireland. He left them behind to run the Country and the Church