The snakes of St Patrick's lore are representations of the religious culture indigenous to Ireland before his arrival. By driving the snakes out of Ireland, he supplanted the native religions of the region with Catholicism.
Catholicism, and that's it.
Potatoes are connected to St. Patrick's day because It is an Irish Holiday and potatoes grow especially good in Ireland.
It's an Irish meaning for a certain word.
The national holiday in many countries is their independence day. The national holiday in Ireland is St. Patrick's Day.
Because St. Patrick drove them off in the 5th Century.
The snakes of St Patrick's lore are representations of the religious culture indigenous to Ireland before his arrival. By driving the snakes out of Ireland, he supplanted the native religions of the region with Catholicism.
It is not exactly certain when St. Patrick died, but it is traditionally thought to have been on the 17th of March, and that date has been used for the celebration of St. Patrick's Day. Patrick died sometime between the years 461 and 464.
That St. Patrick drove the snakes from Ireland. That was easy for him as scientists say there have never been snakes in Ireland.
When St. Patrick came to Ireland, he is said to have driven all the snakes off of the island.
St. Patrick banished them from Ireland in the 5th century. The only place where you can see a snake in Ireland is in zoos.
The legend was that St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland may have a more literal meaning to it. Ireland at the time was Celtic Druid and not Christian. St. Patrick was very good at converting the Irish people to Christianity. One of the Druid symbols were a snake. So by converting the Irish people to Christianity, he in essence drove out the snakes (Druids out of Ireland).