Knock
Local name: Cnoc Mhuire
Located in County Mayo, Connacht Coordinates: 53°47′26″ N 8°55′16″ W
- Population
- 972
- 972
- Elevation
- 96 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/Dublin · UTC+00:00
About Knock
Knock is a village. Location: County Mayo, Connacht. Population: 972. Elevation: 96 m.
Knock (Irish: An Cnoc, meaning 'The Hill' – but now more generally known in Irish as Cnoc Mhuire, 'Hill of (the Virgin) Mary') is a village in County Mayo, Ireland. Knock is also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Costello. It is notable as the location of Knock Shrine - a Marian shrine and place of pilgrimage. According to Catholic beliefs, Mary, mother of Jesus, Saint Joseph and Saint John the Evangelist appeared to witnesses in the village on 21 August 1879.
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In comparison
- No. 14 of 39 places in County Mayo by population
- Nearest larger town: Kiltamagh, 8 km NW
- 24 sights and natural places within 10 km Cloontarriff Lough, Carrownamallaght Lough
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Cloontarriff Lough Lake, County Mayo1.8 km E
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Carrownamallaght Lough Lake, County Mayo2.2 km E
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Derry Lough Lake, County Mayo2.7 km SW
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Cloonturnaun Lough Lake, County Mayo3.2 km E
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Cullentragh Lough Lake, County Mayo3.4 km E
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Curragh Lough Lake, County Mayo4.1 km E
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