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Lig-na-Paiste

Owenreagh valley, County Tyrone

The last serpent in Ireland, bound with bands of rushes.

When St Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland, one great serpent, Lig-na-Paiste, escaped and hid in the Owenreagh valley. St Murrough tricked it into letting him tie three bands of rushes around it, which turned into iron.

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54.7500, -7.1000
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