Knock Shrine, Knock

On the evening of 21 August 1879, fifteen witnesses watched a silent apparition — Our Lady, St Joseph and St John the Evangelist beside a lamb on an altar — appear on the gable wall of Knock's parish church, in pouring rain, for two hours.

Scenario: 7 November 2026 · 23:15 Europe/Dublin

AI-generated artistic interpretation of Knock Basilica and the apparition gable of the old parish church above the shrine grounds in County Mayo
Knock Shrine, Knock
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On the evening of 21 August 1879, fifteen witnesses watched a silent apparition — Our Lady, St Joseph and St John the Evangelist beside a lamb on an altar — appear on the gable wall of Knock's parish church, in pouring rain, for two hours. The village became Ireland's national Marian shrine: the great basilica, among the largest churches in Ireland, now stands beside the preserved gable, and both Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis have prayed here. It is a cloudy night, about 5.8°C, under a largely overcast sky.

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