Snakephobia= fear of snakes.
The legend is, back in the fifth century St. Patrick himself used his staff to herd the slithering creatures into the sea, banishing them for eternity!
About 100 million years ago during the late Cretaceous period, snakes first evolved.
Early snakes were small and wormy, like the blindsnakes. Ancient snakes fossils are found only on southern continents like Antarctica, South America, Africa, India, and Australia.
100 million years ago Ireland was under the sea, so migrating to Ireland wasn't an option.
As the world's oceans have risen and fallen over time land bridges have come and gone between Ireland. However, any snake that may have slithered it's way to Ireland would have turned into a popsicle when the ice ages hit.
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