Who is credited with ridding Ireland of snakes, despite there being no record of snakes ever existing there?
Saint Patrick snakes. Aaron's snake-staff prevails by consuming the other snakes. However, all evidence suggests that . "At no time has there ever been any suggestion of snakes in Ireland, so [there was] nothing for St. Patrick to banish", says naturalist Nigel Monaghan, keeper of natural history at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin, who has searched extensively through Irish fossil collections and records. The snakes, rather, were a metaphor for the druids, who Patrick is said to have driven out of Ireland when he established Christianity there. Some Irish legends involve the Oilliphéist, the Caoránach, and the Copóg Phádraig. During
Tower of Snakes song was finished. The music video was directed by Christopher Sims. Tower of Snakes "Tower of Snakes" was Eighteen Visions second single from the album Obsession, and is often regarded as one of their most popular songs. One of the very few songs that were finished by the time they went to studio to track down the record, it was written by then-drummer Ken Floyd while he was still playing in metal band Throwdown. Described during the release of the album by members of the band as the "most punishing song" they ever wrote, it is most notable for its