The Apparitions and Miracles at Knock; also, the Official Depositions of the Eye-witnesses

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gable ; I saw then and there distinctly the three images—one
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, one of St. Joseph, and the third,
as I learned, that of St. John the Evangelist. I saw an altar,
too, and a Lamb on it, somewhat whiter than the altar; I did
not see the cross on the altar. The Blessed Virgin Mary
appeared in the attitude of prayer, with her eyes turned up
towards heaven, a crown on her head, and an outer garment
thrown round her shoulders. I saw her feet. St. Joseph ap
peared turned towards the Blessed Virgin, with head inclined-
I remained looking on for fully fifteen or twenty minutes ;
then I left, and returned to my own house.
Seventh Witness.
The Testimony ofDominick Beirne.
I am brother of Mary Beirne, who has given her evidence
already ; I live near the chapel of Knock ; my age is twenty
years. On the occasion when my sister came at about eight
o'clock on the evening of the 21st of August into our house,
she exclaimed : " Come, Dominick, and see the image of the
Blessed Virgin, as she has appeared to us down at the
chapel." I said, " What image ?" and then she told me, as she
has already described it for your reverence in her testimony :
she told me all she was after seeing ; I then went with her,
and by this time some ten or twelve people had been col
lected around the place, namely, around the ditch or wall
fronting the gable, where the vision was being seen, and to
the south of the schoolhouse; then I beheld the three like
nesses or figures that have been already described—the
Blessed Virgin, St. Joseph, St. John, as my sister called the
bishop, who was like one preaching, with his hands raised
towards the shoulder, and the fore finger and middle finger
pointedly set; the other two fingers compressed by the