Ireland
No moles (the underground creatures) can't be found in Ireland, and snakes can only be found in zoos and as pets but there are no wild snakes!
There are lots of living things that are not in Ireland. What you may be referring to are snakes which are famously not found in Ireland and the legend that St. Patrick drove them out of Ireland.
No, snakes in Ireland were not pagans. The belief that St. Patrick banished snakes from Ireland is a myth, as snakes were never native to the island.
Legend says Patrick drove out the snakes. However, scientists have found no fossil evidence that snakes ever lived in that country. The snakes are symbolic of the pagan Druid gods that Patrick drove out by converting the country to Christianity.
There are no native snakes in Ireland. Folklore claims St. Patrick drove them out - However - ecologically speaking, they probably never made it far enough west before Ireland split from mainland Britain !
Legend says that he drove the snakes from Ireland but scientist have not found any fossil evidence that snakes ever lived in that country. The story is an allegory and the snakes represent the pagan gods that Patrick banished when he converted the country to Christianity.
Scientists have found no fossil evidence of snakes living in Ireland going back to the last ice age. Once the glaciers retreated, the climate warmed and sea levels rose snakes were unable, evidently, to reach the island of Ireland from the mainland of Europe.
There never were snakes in Ireland. This is pure legend.
The story is simply a legend and never occurred. Scientists have found no evidence that snakes ever existed in Ireland. The snakes are symbolic of the druid pagan gods that Patrick banished from Ireland by converting much of the country to Christianity.
Ireland, Alaska, Former Soviet Union (Russia), and Canada.
Saint Patrick is credited with a number of miracles, most of them are pure myths. He is given credit for ridding Ireland of snakes. However, scientists have found no fossil evidence that snakes ever occurred in that country.