The Marian Shrine,
Knock, Co.Mayo.
The Story of Knock began
on the 21st August 1879 when
Our Lady, St. Joseph and St.
John the Evangelist appeared
at the south gable of Knock
Parish Church. The apparition
was witnessed by fifteen people,
young and old. From this miraculous
Apparition Knock has grown
to the status of an internationally
recognised Marian Shrine.
The personal pilgrimage of
Pope John Paul II in 1979,
commemorating the centenary
of the apparition, inspired
an even greater devotion to
the Shrine and endorsed the
indelible seal of Vatican
approval. Mother Teresa of
Calcutta visited the Shrine
in June of 1993. One and a
half million pilgrims visit
the Shrine annually.