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St. Patrick, who is said to have completed a forty-day Lenten ritual of fasting and penance here. Legend also has it that Croagh Patrick is the mount from which he banished snakes from Ireland forever!

ST PATRICKS BRIDGE AND OLD NIC(THE DEVIL), Kilmore Quay Scenic Village, Wexford The legend  of how the bridge was formed is more dramatic than the geological fact. The legend has it that St Patrick chased the devil out of Ireland in ancient times. The chase started somewhere in the South of Ireland and the Devil crossing the mountains in Tipperary bit a piece out of  the mountains to speed his way during the chase. That gap in the mountains is known today as the Devil’s Bit.  As the devil was leaving the Wexford shore St Patrick was closing on him and so he dropped the huge rock near the mainland beside St Patrick’s bridge . . The bridge itself is formed from rocks which St Patrick is said to have thrown at him as he headed out to sea.!!!! It is said that the outline of St Patrick’s fingers can be seen on the top of St Patrick’s rock!!!