This incident figures prominently in medieval legends about St. Patrick, although it does not appear in his own writings, nor in the two 7th century biographies by Muirchu and Tírechán. However J.B. Bury, infers that there is a missing passage in Tírechán about Crom Cruaich; L. Bieler, who edited the two biographies, is non-committal on the point.
This incident figures prominently in medieval legends about St. Patrick although it does not appear in his own writings, nor in the two 7th century biographies by Muirchu and Tírechán. ,However J.B. Bury, infers that there is a missing passage in Tírechán about Crom Cruaich; L. Bieler, who edited the two biographies, is non-committal on the point.