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Knock Shrine. County Mayo.

Some kind of low prayer thingy. It half reminds me of something I saw in France.
This building looks kind of cool, especially with the grass on the roof.

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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