Photo: Basilica At Knock May 2004 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Mayo Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Kathleen Mammoser kayb48@yahoo.com October 7, 2009, 6:55 pm BASILICA AT KNOCK MAY 2004 Welcome to the Marian Shrine, Knock, Co. Mayo. The story of Knock began on the 21st August 1879 when Our Lady, St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist appeared at the south gable of Knock Parish Church. The apparition was witnessed by fifteen people, young and old. From this miraculous Apparition Knock has grown to the status of an internationally recognised Marian Shrine.