Non-family members used for scale

Mrs Raheny refused point blank to stand anywhere near the edge. And Mimi was forbidden to come within 10 meters too. 
And that's the reason why they did not get to see the exact spot where St Patrick led all the shnakes to a cold, watery, certain Atlantic death.  
He was a bit of a panpiper, old Pat. But he wasn't much interested in rats. Snakes were his trade. He got a fine jacket and a pair of snake skin cowboy boots as a mark of gratitude from the Irish population of the day.