St. Patrick then took the horse to a hill over-looking the lake and ordered it to go down and kill the serpent. The horse returned victorious, but in the fight it had gone mad so St. Patrick, fearing that it would do some harm, ordered it to return to the lake and remain there until the last day. St. Patrick built a church on the hill where he stood to commemorate this great event and to remind the people of the power of God who rid them of the Pest. The lake is now known as St. Patrick's Lough or Loughpatrick and the horse is still said to appear in the locality. Close to Leap Bridge on the merging of Cappagh and Clogherney is Leap Mill, said to have been built here on the site of Old Abbey.
Some ruins still remain here.
Excellent angling can be enjoyed in the river Cloughfin, while the recent provision of a river park adds to the scope for recreation in the area. Beragh is a thriving village and recent visitors will find many improvements. There are certain literary people who loved the landscape they lived in so much that their names became linked forever after with the places they wrote about. The countryside of Tyrone is associated with the poet William Forbes Marshall and his brother Robert in the same way that Sligo is associated with Yeats. Such is the connection between Marshall and mid-Tyrone that the area now can be seen by following a route which is been called after them.