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This book was prepared and edited by John MacPhilpin of Tuam and published in Dublin by M. H. Gill & Son in 1880. It reprints Tuam News reports on the apparition of the Blessed Virgin, St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, which about twenty people saw on the south gable of Knock chapel, County Mayo, on 21 August 1879. It also gives the witnesses' official depositions, which a commission of priests appointed by the Archbishop of Tuam judged trustworthy. It lists cures recorded in Archdeacon Cavanagh's diary.
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thumb ; in his left he held a book ; he was so turned that he
looked half towards the altar and half towards the people;
the eyes of the images could be seen : they were like figures,
inasmuch as they did not speak. I was filled with wonder at
the sight I saw ; I was so affected that I shed tears ; I con
tinued looking on for fully an hour, and then I went away
to visit Mrs. Campbell, who was in a dying state; when we
returned the Vision had disappeared.
Eighth Witness.
Mrs. Hugh Flatley, widow of Hugh Flatley, states :—
I was passing by the chapel of Knock on the evening of
the 21st of August, about eight o'clock, and I beheld most
clearly and distinctly the figures of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
St. Joseph, and that of St. John the Evangelist, standing
erect at the gable-end of the chapel, towards the south side ;
I thought that the parish priest had been ornamenting the
church, and got some beautiful likenesses removed outside.
Ninth Witness.
The Testimony of Bridget French, aged 75 {three score and fifteen)
years.
The testimony of this witness was given in the Irish lan
guage. Her words were translated by Father Corbett into
English while she spoke. The following is the version of
what she said :—
My name is Bridget French ; I live near the chapel of
Knock. About half-past seven o'clock on the night of the
2 1 st of August I was in the house of Mrs. Campbell,
which is quite near to the chapel ; while I was there Mary
Beirne came in and said there was a sight to be seen at
the chapel such as we never before beheld, and she told Document, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 90 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.