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Ta dah! I will work on it further, never fear!--File Éireann 09:44, 28 May 2005 (UTC)Reply
Knock Shrine and Our Lady of Knock are imo duplicates --ClemMcGann 11:38, 5 September 2005 (UTC)Reply
They are two different things. 75.3.4.54 23:41, 28 April 2006 (UTC)Reply
I do not fear, my poet friend, and I fully intend to assist you. Fr. Pius O Shaughnessy 13:56, 19 February 2007 (UTC)Reply
Cavanagh is the correct spelling. The wrong spelling originated in a newspaper article of the time and has been widely copied. In the two references I have given, which are quite authoritative being printed by P J Kennedy, who were publishers to the Holy Apostolic See, Cavanagh is used. The first reference also reproduces a signed letter from Cavanagh, and he should know the proper spelling of his own name :) BrianistPunk 16:43, 30 June 2007 (UTC)Reply
Not a single word about the considerable skeptic views of the "miracle", both at the time and ever since? Talk about POV!!! 212.71.37.83 (talk) 17:50, 3 October 2008 (UTC)Reply
I've removed this today as nobody has argued for or against it since Dec 2007. Put it back and argue your point if you like.Red Hurley (talk) 16:22, 17 January 2009 (UTC)Reply
This section may not be NPOV and seems to be in breach of WP:SPECULATION.Autarch (talk) 13:06, 13 October 2009 (UTC) Not to mention MOS:OPED.Autarch (talk) 18:45, 2 November 2009 (UTC)Reply
There is only one footnote in the whole article - more would be helpful.Autarch (talk) 13:08, 13 October 2009 (UTC)Reply
I've changed this to "Catholics". Surely, a basic requirement of being a Catholic is that you accept the authority of the Church in these matters once it has looked into the facts and certified the miracle/apparition. To refuse to accept the teaching of the Church because you think you know better than the bishops would surely make you a Protestant.Haldraper (talk) 10:30, 2 November 2009 (UTC)Reply
I removed this template {{pov-check|date=October 2009}}, as it does not meet the requirements of: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POV-check&oldid=319657811:
While I am inclined to favor this theory, it raises a problem: where was the lantern located? If it was outside, it would cast shadows. If it was in the roof space, deflected by a mirror, then the image would be distorted and the heat from these early lanterns would have set the thatch roof on fire. ClemMcGann (talk) 15:20, 27 November 2009 (UTC)Reply
See? that means that the magic lantern story is fake
its a nice place to stop and have a picnic on a long car journey =) 86.150.39.100 (talk) 19:46, 15 March 2010 (UTC)Reply
I don`t understand why Croatian article on this subject is not shown among other languages. See: https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveti%C5%A1te_Knock Ante Vranković (talk) 04:38, 21 August 2015 (UTC)Reply
Skeptical theories are warranted. I did not touch the analysis on skeptical analysis, but it is wrong and inappropriate to litter the article with half-baked sociological analysis that doesn't explain anything and merely confuses the issue.
Writing about the 'change' that the region was going through at the time of the apparitions is useless - there literally would be no period in the last 500 years where Western Europe wasn't undergoing significant change. That explanation could be used as a blanket statement for any apparition. It is lazy and not helpful at all. It was not cited to any real sociological analysis by any reputable person - it was written in without citations as background commentary.
The magic lantern theory was in the article twice and the second instance was removed. The Church investigation of the apparition - over 650 pages long, completed in 1896 - specifically took into the account the 'magic lantern' theory and the other theories on how the images could have been generated and demonstrated how they are not reasonable. The user who inserted the magic lantern theory failed to cite a map of the area, a picture of the buildings, or any other reasonable way to demonstrate what they propose - because any reasonable familiarity with the area shows how silly the theory is.
Unsourced skeptical sociological analysis is not appropriate for an event with sworn statements that has been investigated to the extent that it has been. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JD143726 (talk • contribs) 17:13, 12 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
You did not respond to the substance of the complaints above. Please do so or leave the article as it is. Banal sociological analysis that could apply to any situation in Europe for the last 500 years should not dominate a page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JD143726 (talk • contribs) 17:55, 12 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
Lots of news stories that Knock is now an "International Sanctuary of Special Eucharistic and Marian Devotion". Some of the stories go on to say that gives it the same status as Fátima and Lourdes, but I don't see them anywhere described in those terms. So is this a formal category of shrines? Or just a fancy ad hoc title? 109.255.211.6 (talk) 03:59, 20 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
The latter sentences of the section "Apparition" contain the repeated phrase "and Margaret Beirne", including an entire sentence. Sounds like a Father Ted script! A1jrj (talk) 12:33, 16 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
Feel like there should be some mention of Marion Carroll and her spontaneous healing from severe Multiple Sclerosis during a Mass on a pilgrimage to Knock. This is not a "claimed healing" as much as something that happened with countless witnesses. She got up from a stretcher and supine position she had been confined to for years and walked as if nothing had happened. Testimony such as this would provide a nice counter balance to the standard skeptical analysis section featured prominently on Marian apparition articles. This could go here or on the Basilica article, I think. 2601:500:8785:8750:30F2:102:75E5:806B (talk) 15:55, 1 April 2024 (UTC)Reply