Knock Shrine (Irish: Cnoc Mhuire) is a major Roman Catholic pilgrimage site and National Shrine in the village of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland, where it is claimed there was an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, John the Evangelist and Jesus Christ (as the Lamb of God) in 1879.
Read more about Knock Shrine: Details of The Apparition, Church Commissions of Inquiry, Cultural Context, Archdeacon Kavanagh, The Pilgrimage Site, Recent History, The Knock Rave
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—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
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