Why is there no Snakes in Ireland?.
By Eshiet
@MACQUUNE (513)
Lagos, Nigeria
August 20, 2018 6:38am CST
I read an article online, that said no single snakes can be found in Ireland, according to the article, it was said St. Patrick drove them away when a snake bit a woman, and he went in search of the Snake and told the snake, "Never shall your kinds be found in these land again"
But science said, it was the weather(Ice) that droves them away.
Which should I believe?
What do you know about Ireland and snakes?
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
20 Aug 18
It is not true that Ireland is too cold for snakes. It has a similar climate to the rest of the British Isles and there are snakes in most parts - both north and south. There are no snakes in Ireland because it became an island after the last Ice Age before any snakes had migrated to the British Isles. We only have three species of snake in Britain. All are small and only one is venomous.
While it is a pretty story for children, St Patrick never 'drove the snakes out of Ireland'. In fact, the story is really a metaphor to show how successful he was at converting the Irish to Christianity and the 'snakes' he drove out mean nothing more than the old, pagan religions which Christianity is supposed to have driven out.
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
21 Aug 18
@owlwings dammit,you beat me to it.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
20 Aug 18
Would not be the first time, take a look at this account, about St. Paul:
Skip to main content Toggle navigation Guest Fr. Charles Grondin September 18, 2017 SHARE Full Question Did St. Paul kill all the poisonous snakes in Malta? Answer The Book of Acts (28:1-6) tells us that St. Paul became shipwrecked on an island he later l
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
20 Aug 18
And to correct the record on why Ireland most likely is not a home to any naturally-occurring snakes:
Skip to main content Want More? Animals It ain’t because of Saint Patrick By Sarah Fecht posted Mar 17th, 2015 at 10:00am Green Snake Care_SMC, via Flickr/CC BY ND 2.0 Legend has it that, back in the fifth century A.D., St.
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@popciclecold (35084)
• United States
20 Aug 18
I believe it had yo do with the weather I wish it was like there where I live.
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@MACQUUNE (513)
• Lagos, Nigeria
20 Aug 18
@popciclecold.What part of the world are you?
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@Friendlypink (3805)
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20 Aug 18
There should be one. Because if not the ecosystem there is not balanced.
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