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Ever since an apparition of the Virgin Mary, accompanied by St Joseph and St John, was seen on the gable of the parish church of KNOCK (Cnoc Mhuire "Mary's Hill") in 1879, it has been a place of pilgrimage. As a passer-by in Ireland, it's surprisingly easy to forget the all-pervasive influence of the Catholic Church, but at Knock you're brought slap up against it. Whatever you may believe about the possible authenticity of the apparitions, knock rates for Catholics, along with Lourdes in France and Fatima in Portugal, as one of the leading modern miraculous confirmations of their faith. A massive and ugly church with a capacity of twenty thousand was opened nearby in 1976, and the pope visited the shrine in 1979.
When Monsignor Horan, a local priest, first hatched the plan for the new airport it seemed a crazy and profligate idea, and there were years of bitter controversy over this apparent waste of public funds. In fact it has proved remarkably successful, and as well as bringing in pilgrims to see the shrine, the airport has had the effect of opening up the northwest of Ireland for travelers - to the extent that Mayo is in reach of London for weekend breaks, and house prices in the county are booming as wealthy inhabitants of southeast England buy their second homes. The Lourdes to knock run is also used by fishers from the southwest of France to reach west Ireland's lake fisheries.
The airport (situated three miles south from Charlestown at the junction of the N17 and N5) is open from 9am to 6pm daily, serving many UK airports including Luton, Stansted and Coventry. An Aer Lingus shuttle service to Dublin connects with major international flights. There's a tourist office in the airport, open to greet arriving flights (winter closed Tues & Thurs; tel 094/67247), and another in Knock itself (May-Sept daily 10am-6pm; tel 094/88193); ask them for details of transport - most of the time you seem to have to rely on taxis to Charlestown (a major crossroads where you can pick up buses and there are a number of B&Bs) or Knock.
As a place, Knock is nothing much to look at but if you are interested in religion, or the Marian phenomenon in Irish life, it can prove fascinating. The best place to start is the Museum of Folk Life (May-Oct daily 10am-7pm; Nov-April daily 10am-6pm; £2.50/?3.17), which contains artifacts relating to the apparition and the miracles associated with it. The scene of the apparitions has been glassed in to form a chapel, and pilgrims can be seen there praying at all hours. As you might expect, there is no shortage of kitsch plastic religious souvenirs on sale. There are a couple of basic hotels , the Belmont, take the turn at Burkes pub at the Claremorris end of the village (tel 094/88122; £70-90/?88.88-114.28), or the drab Knock International Hotel on Main St (tel 094/88466; £70-90/?88.88-114.28), and numerous B&Bs : try Mrs. McGrath's Bridge House, Airport Rd (tel 094/88205; £33-40/?41.90-50.79), which does excellent family deals, Mrs. Carney's Burren, Kiltimagh Rd (tel 094/88362; £33-40/?41.90-50.79), or Mervue, overlooking the shrine (tel 094/88127; £33-40/?41.90-50.79). |
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