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It is said that Crom got this name after being dealt a magical blow by St. Patrick, causing the stone idol to bend over towards the west, as if ready to topple. There is also quite possibly a Fomorian association here, the misshapen beings of Irish mythology. Here is how the tale is told in the Tripartite Life:
"Thereafter went Patrick over the water to Mag Slecht, a place wherein was the chief idol of Ireland, to wit, Cenn Cruaich, covered with gold and silver, and twelve other idols about it, covered in brass. When Patrick saw the idol from the water....he raised his hand to put Jesus' crozier upon it and did not reach it, but it bowed westwards to turn on its right side...and the earth swallowed the twelve other images as far as their heads...."
