Knock Shrine. County Mayo.

The main church. This is where this guy was. It's a powerful building, but I'm not sure if I mean that in a good or bad way. iI certainly know that I've seen much nicer modern churches. Are there seperate planning laws for churches and stuff?

Knock. What can I say about the Knock Shrine.....
Knock is a big catholic religious location in Mayo. We popped by to have a look at it. The main area is filled with open spaces dispersed between various elements of seventies/eighties religious architecture. Knock was originally the location of some kind of vision around 1870, and is kind of like an Irish Lourdes, although perhaps without the healing thing. Anyway, the church confirmed the whole thing to be a bonified "miracle", so thousands and thousands of people come here every year. I'm generally pretty sceptical about this kind of thing, recalling all to well the "Moving Statues" craze in Ireland in the 1980s.

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