Knock Shrine - Archdeacon Kavanagh

Archdeacon Kavanagh

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The parish priest at the time of the apparition was The Very Reverend Doctor Bartholomew A. Kavanagh, who was also Archdeacon of the diocese. It has often been said it was no coincidence that the Virgin Mary chose to appear in Knock while Kavanagh was the parish priest. Widely considered a very holy priest in spite of his siding with landlords against the growing Land League movement, he was appointed parish priest of Knock-Aghamore in 1867, and was about 58 at the time of the apparition. He died in 1897 and is buried in the Old Church.

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