"Knock, County Mayo Knock (, meaning ""The Hill"" – but now more generally known in Irish as ""Cnoc Mhuire"", ""Hill of (the Virgin) Mary"") is a village in County Mayo, Ireland. Its notability is derived from the Knock Shrine, an approved Catholic shrine and place of pilgrimage where the faithful believe that the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph and Saint John the Evangelist appeared on 21 August 1879. In the 20th century, Knock became one of Europe's major Catholic Marian shrines, alongside Lourdes and Fatima. One and a half million pilgrims visit Knock Shrine annually. Pope John Paul II, a"
"devotionalism"" and facilitated the spread of New Age healing beliefs and practices' in modern Ireland. Knock Shrine The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Knock, usually named only as the Knock Shrine (, ""Hill of Mary"" or ""Mary's Hill""), is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage site and National Shrine in the village of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland, where observers stated that there was an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, Saint John the Evangelist, angels, and Jesus Christ (the Lamb of God) in 1879. As at Lourdes and Fatima, the Marian apparitions in Knock occurred at a time of immense"
"religious content than the modern Irish primary school. The evening of Thursday, 21 August 1879, was a very wet night. At about 8 o'clock the rain beat down in driving sheets when Mary Beirne, a girl of the village, accompanying the priest's housekeeper, Mary McLoughlin, home, stopped suddenly as she came in sight of the gable of the little church. There she saw standing a little out from the gable, were three life-size figures. She ran home to tell her parents and soon others from the village had gathered. The witnesses stated they saw an apparition of Our Lady, Saint"
"Knock Shrine The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Knock, usually named only as the Knock Shrine (, ""Hill of Mary"" or ""Mary's Hill""), is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage site and National Shrine in the village of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland, where observers stated that there was an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, Saint John the Evangelist, angels, and Jesus Christ (the Lamb of God) in 1879. As at Lourdes and Fatima, the Marian apparitions in Knock occurred at a time of immense cultural, social and economic change, and occurred to people whose traditional society was under threat"
"supporter of devotion to the Virgin Mary, visited Knock in 1979 to commemorate the centenary of the apparition. Knock is also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Costello. Knock comes from the Irish word ""cnoc"" meaning hill, historical evidence shows the village had been named that as far back as 1625. The Irish language name was changed to ""Cnoc Mhuire"" meaning the hill of the Virgin Mary after the visions. The parish and village of Knock is sometimes referred to historically and in Lewis' 1837 topographical dictionary as ""Knockdrumcalry"" (Cnoc Droma Chálraighe) meaning ""hill of the ridge of"
"Many roads and lanes were built as famine relief measures. There were nine workhouses in the county: Ballina, Ballinrobe, Belmullet, Castlebar, Claremorris, Killala, Newport, Swinford and Westport. A small poverty-stricken place called Knock, County Mayo, made headlines when it was announced that an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and St. John had taken place there on 21 August 1879, witnessed by fifteen local people. A national movement was initiated in County Mayo during 1879 by Michael Davitt, James Daly, and others, which brought about the greatest social change ever witnessed in Ireland. Michael Davitt, a labourer whose"
"in 1977. Knock Shrine, in County Mayo, Ireland, is the site of a nineteenth-century apparition. On the wet Thursday evening of 21 August 1879, at about 8 o'clock, Our Lady, St. Joseph, and St. John the Evangelist appeared in a blaze of Heavenly light at the south gable of Knock Parish Church. Behind them and a little to the left of St. John was a plain altar. On the altar was a cross and a lamb with adoring angels. The appearance of St Joseph, St John and the Lamb make the apparition unique in church history. The Apparition was seen"
"north and concluding in the south). Clifforney Grange Mullaghmore Rathcormac Strandhill Ransboro Sligo- cathedral Sligo- St. Anne & Carramore Sligo- St. Joseph & Calry Gleann/ Sooey Highwood Corrigeenroe Baleyrush Coothall Crossna Aghanagh Drumboylan Dangan Kilmore Carrick Drumlion Breedogue Creeve Ballinagar Tibohine Gorthanny Lisacul Cloonbonniffe Killina Kilmurray Mantua Carniska Rooskey Slatta Treen Kiltrustan Scramogue Ballagh Curraghroe Derrane Fourmilehouse Ballymoe Clooneycolgan Ballinaghelish Ballyleague Kilteevan Glinsk Fuerty Rahara St. Johns Newbridge Togheragar Dysert Etc. The See dates to the earliest days of the Irish Church. From the time Christianity first arrived in Ireland in the second half of the 5th century (in the"
"with many popular sites of pilgrimage. The village of Walsingham, Norfolk became an important shrine after a noblewoman called Richeldis de Faverches experienced a vision of the Virgin Mary in 1061, asking her to build a replica of the Holy House at Nazareth. Some of the holiest other shrines were those at Holywell in Wales which commemorated St Winefride and at Westminster Abbey to Edward the Confessor. In 1170, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury was murdered in his cathedral by followers of King Henry II and was quickly canonised as a martyr for the faith. This resulted in Canterbury Cathedral"
"of ""Black '47"". An increase in emigration occurred, as did a move from foodless parts of rural Ireland into major cities and towns. However the population moves proved temporary. With the re-appearance of the harvest in 1880 many of those who had fled to urban centres repopulated the areas they had left. Historians have noted the appearance of a religious revival during the famine months, most famously the Marian apparition along with two saints at a church in Knock in County Mayo. Knock developed as Ireland's internationally known Marian shrine in subsequent decades as a result of the apparition. Because"
"well reads ""Tobhar Naoimh Blathnaidh"". The scene was an historical setting for the Holy Year Pilgrimage on 4 August 1974. Monnine's feast day is celebrated on 6 July and is marked by pilgrims visiting her well. The Gaelic Athletic Association club founded in Killeavy in 1888 is Killeavy St Moninna's GAC. Moninne Saint Moninne of Killeavy was one of Ireland's early female saints. After instruction in the religious life, she founded a community, initially consisting of eight virgins and a widow with a baby, at Slieve Gullion, in what became County Armagh. They lived an eremitical life, based on that"
"to glow in the dark), making the village and its church a popular destination for pilgrims since the 17th century. This tradition continues today, particularly in the form of an annual fair and mass pilgrimage in September. This takes place on the weekend of the first Sunday after 8 September, which is celebrated as the birthday of the Virgin Mary. The present picture is actually the fourth copy of the original, which was destroyed when the then church burnt down as a result of lightning strike in 1774. A copy survived and continued to be venerated until the subsequent fire"
"its associated granges were suppressed on the orders of King Henry VIII, the English monarch proclaimed King of Ireland, who suppressed religious orders throughout his English and Irish kingdoms, often forcibly, as part of his dispute with the Holy See over its refusal to grant an annulment of his marriage to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. The modern St. Mary's was one of many Catholic churches built in Ireland following Catholic Emancipation in 1829, when the last of the Penal Laws was repealed. It is located between Trimgate Street, one of the main streets of the mediaeval town of"
"Council. In 2011, it was named Ireland's tidiest town and the cleanest town in the country by Irish Business Against Litter. Killarney has featured prominently in early Irish history, with religious settlements playing an important part of its recorded history. Its first significantly historical settlement was the monastery on nearby Innisfallen Island founded in 640 by St. Finian the Leper, which was occupied for approximately 850 years. Innisfallen or Inishfallen (from Irish: Inis Faithlinn, meaning ""Faithlinn's island"")[1] is an island in Lough Leane; one of the three Lakes of Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. It is home to the ruins"
"other side. The River Camac flows through this valley, passing around the village on the way to meet the River Liffey by Heuston Station. The great spotted woodpecker, Ireland's newest breeding bird, has been seen here. The Roman Catholic parish boundaries include the areas of Rathcoole and Brittas and the parish works in conjunction with the neighbouring parish of St. Finian's, Newcastle. Dedicated in 1849, the Roman Catholic Church is named after ""The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary"". The current Parish Priest is Rev. Enda Cunningham. Saggart is a heritage village. It is also home to the Citywest Hotel,"
"""Clontarf Sheds"" became the site for a 19th-century Roman Catholic church - the Church of Ireland St. John's Church, and the Roman Catholic St. Anthony's are closer to the original settlement - and then outgrew the original village. The 1837 Lewis report remarked that “ The land in this Parish is reported to be in the very highest state of cultivation...” In the early 19th century, Clontarf had become a popular ""holiday resort"" for the citizens of Dublin, who came out from the city to enjoy bathing in the sea or in the hot and cold seawater baths erected by"
"to 1,177. Killenaule Killenaule () is a small village and a civil parish in County Tipperary in Ireland. It is also one half of the ecclesiastical parish of Killenaule and Moyglass in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. It is in the barony of Slievardagh. It is located east of Cashel on the R689 and R691 regional roads. It lies at the south-western edge of the Slieveardagh Hills. Killenaule came to national prominence in Ireland due to the discovery of the Derrynaflan Chalice. It was discovered in ""Derrynaflan Island"" in February 1980 by Mr. Michael Webb and his"
"places of interest, such as forts and souterraines and fairy forts. Errew Errew () is a small rural settlement, 8km from the county town of Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. The history of Errew follows the Franciscan monastery which was established in 1879 as a boys school which closed in 1975, the church in the monastery remained open until 1981 There are 22 Brothers buried in the Monastery cemetery. Gilla Áedha Ua Maigín, Bishop of Cork (died 1172), is noted in the Annals of the Four Masters as """"of the family of Errew of Lough Con."""" Errew is also noted for"
"have found great comfort in their new surroundings, the hilly terrain resembling that of Ireland, and subsequently their new home was named Mayo after County Mayo in Ireland. The main industries which drive the economics of the municipality were, and still are, farming and forestry as well as the manufacturing of potash. The people of Mayo had a strong connection with their Irish roots. The parish of St. Malachy in Mayo was very important in the municipality's connection with Ireland. In County Mayo, Ireland there is a town called Knock where, in 1879, there were reports of an apparition of"
"This well, like many other religious sites in Ireland, is linked with Saint Patrick. There are two streams exiting the well, each flowing in a different direction. This water is reputed to be the coldest in Ireland. The Legion of Mary see to the upkeep of the Holywell, a place of pilgrimage for many local people who perform penitential stations during the old period of Lughnasa from the last weekend in July until August 15. Holywell, County Fermanagh Holywell is a small village near Belcoo in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is within the townlands of Cavancarragh and Rushin. It"
"village. Reports of ""strange occurrences in a small Irish village"" were featured almost immediately in the international media, notably ""The Times"" (of London). Newspapers from as far away as Chicago sent reporters to cover the Knock phenomenon. Canon Ulick Bourke joined Timothy Daniel Sullivan and Margaret Anna Cusack in developing Knock as a national Marian pilgrimage site. Knock pilgrimages combined traditional Irish practices like rounds of the church and all night vigils with devotions like the stations of the cross, benediction, processions, and the recitation of litanies. Priests associated with the Fenian movement often led pilgrimages to Knock. John White"
"climbed at Lughnasadh. Some of the treks were eventually re-cast as Christian pilgrimages, the most well-known being Reek Sunday—the yearly pilgrimage to the top of Croagh Patrick in late July. Other hilltop gatherings were secular and attended mostly by the youth. In Ireland, bilberries were gathered and there was eating, drinking, dancing, folk music, games and matchmaking, as well as athletic and sporting contests such as weight-throwing, hurling and horse racing. At some gatherings, everyone wore flowers while climbing the hill and then buried them at the summit as a sign that summer was ending. In other places, the first"
"traditional for church yards to have only one yew tree). See Annals of Inisfallen Aghadoe Aghadoe (Irish: ""Achadh an Da Eo"") is a large townland overlooking the town and lakes of Killarney in Ireland. Officially it is also a parish, although the parish is larger than the area normally associated with the name. The area is famous for its views of the lakes and islands, including Innisfallen Island. The ruins of 13th century Parkavonear Castle and of ""Aghadoe Cathedral,"" an old Romanesque church in ruins, make the spot popular with tourists and archaeologists. Aghadoe takes its name from ""Acha Dá"
"Kilflynn Kilflynn () is a village and a civil parish in north County Kerry, Ireland. It is north-east of Tralee just off the N69 road from Tralee to Listowel. The origin of the place name Cill Flainn is unknown. Two suggestions are commonly circulated. ‘Cill’ in Irish can mean 'cell' or 'churchyard' so in context might mean 'church of Flainn.' A popularised tale is that it was named after a Roman Catholic hermit monk, Flainn, said to have lived by the River Shannow (which runs through Kilflynn). Crippled and blind, he was visited by the Virgin Mary, who offered to"
"espousal than that of Christ, thereupon determined to seek for themselves a place more suited to their way of life. She took her Sisters west to the island of Begerin to be guided in the ways of monastic life by her uncle, one of the first Irish bishops, St. Ibar. The community eventually returned from Leinster to the north of Ireland, settling first at Faughart, then at Killeavy. Faughart Church was founded by Saint Moninne in honour of Brigid. The monastery at Killeavy (meaning “church of the mountain”), initially consisting of eight virgins and a widow with a baby boy."
"1203. The manor may have originally been an outlying sheep farm or grange, but by the 15th century had become a place of pilgrimage. The manor consisted of three large buildings, a well, chapel and hostelry; the hostelry probably created as a service and commercial undertaking to accommodate the pilgrims. Ffynnon Fair (also: Ffynon Mair), St. Mary's Well, is a holy well which lies on the hillside overlooking the village of Llwynypia. The well has been the focus of religious activity in Penrhys and is the oldest recorded Christian site in the Rhondda. It is recognised by some historians that"
"Killarga Killarga or Killargue () is a small village in County Leitrim, Ireland. Killarga is an ancient place of pilgrimage and was attached to a religious settlement, ""Cill Fhearga"", which according to the ""Annals of the Four Masters"" was founded by a holy woman, St Fearga, as early as the 6th century. There is a ""tobar naofa"", a Holy Well, named ""Tobar Mhuire"", a 19th-century lime kiln on the way into it, a Teach Allais (ancient Irish sweat house) and other historical ruins in the neighborhood. Nearby is O'Donnell's Rock named after Aodh Rua Ó Dónaill, which offers far-reaching views"
"related to ogham script and the development of illuminated manuscripts. The Catholic church, a Victorian neo-Gothic structure located 400m from the village on the Virginia Road (R194), is named in memory of its patron, Saint Kilian. It was built in the late 1850s. Ruins of an earlier church, known as the ""Teampeall Ceallaigh"", remain in what is now part of the Church of Ireland grounds located approximately 600m along the same road. The village is situated approximately 2 kilometres from the border with County Meath and the province of Leinster, which is marked by the ""River Borora"", which flows into"
"Sepulchre or the Camino de Santiago. Illaunloughan Illaunloughan is a medieval Christian monastery and National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland. Illaunloughan is located on a tiny island of 0.3 acres (0.1 ha) in Portmagee Channel, a channel separating Valentia Island from the Iveragh Peninsula. A monastery was founded here in the late 7th century AD. Two saints named Lochan appear in the Martyrology of Tallaght (c. AD 800); one could have been the founder, although ""lochan"" could also refer to seaweed. Illaunloughan may have been a stopping-off point for pilgrims on their way to Skellig Michael, which lies 17"
"Patrick when he visited ""Coirpre"" and instructed Guasacht mac Milchu to found a church at Granard, and two sisters, Emers, to found a church at Cluain Brónaigh (ClonBroney). Cairbre Gabra was therefore among the first Christianity centres in Ireland. Cairpre Gabra was not a strong tuath and in the 11th century the O'Cairbres were conquered by the Ó Cuinns, Ó Fearghails, and other Conmhaícne tribes. Caipre Gabra was absorbed into the larger Annaly kingdom, so named after """" the great-grandfather of Fearghail O'Farrell. Annaly became Longphoirt, now Longford, after O'Farrell's fortress of this name. It is believed a section of"
"but a gradual withdrawal from the earlier site during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Some sources (e.g. Graham), claim it is the third village to bear the name, perhaps erroneously assuming that the seventeenth century destruction of the nearby Barony of Culbin by shifting sands resulted in an earlier relocation. Although surely Gaelic in origin the derivation of the name of the River Findhorn is not absolutely clear. Watson (1926) states that it is derived from ""Fionn Èire"", meaning ""white Ireland"" which ""doubtless refers to the white sands of the estuary"". The dative ""Èireann"" gave rise to the"
"led by Bishop Jean Marie Kozik, traces its origins to apparitions that were reported in Frechou, France. County Mayo housewife Christina Gallagher reported being visited by the Blessed Virgin with messages for the people of Ireland. In 1992, she purchased a former convent on Achill Island and opened a House of Prayer. Apparently Archbishop Joseph Cassidy of Tuam was under the impression it was to be a small retreat house. In 1996, his successor, Archbishop Michael Near Michael Neary (bishop) established a commission to inquire into claims of supernatural phenomena at the centre. This investigation concluded that there was no"
"visible, lying only 20 miles to the south across the Irish Sea. The original settlement was known as Killantrae, meaning 'The Church on the Beach' in Gaelic, and was probably founded not long after St Ninian arrival in nearby Whithorn towards the end of the 4th century. Killantrae was swept away following the intervention of developer and landlord Sir William Maxwell, 5th Baronet, of Monreith House. In the five years until 1776 he built an entirely new village, complete with a good harbour and renamed it Port William. One of the earliest buildings still standing was the corn mill, located"