What animal was driven from ireland?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 8/20/2019

According to legend - snakes. Legend has it that St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland. In truth however, it's more likely the reptiles never actually made it that far west, before Great Britain and Ireland broke free from the land-mass of Europe.

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