The only tradition connected with St. Patrick in this neighbourhood is that he turned two serpents into two large stones which are still to be seen on the hill of Ardeash in the parish of Ardcarna.
They used to leap from hill to hill and devour everyone they met, and when St. Patrick was passing through Moylurg, he desired not to pass in the direction they used to frequent, but that man of God, who was neither afraid of the Devil himself nor his satellites, passed that way with real Christian fortitude, and encountering two demons in the shape of two serpents, succeeded in transubstantiating their spiritual and assumed corporal essence into stone!
And they must remain on the hill of Ardeash until the day of judgement comes, when they are to be judged by Christ and Patrick. That’s all.
John O’Donovan
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