This morning we visit Ballintubber Abbey, known as the abbey that refused to die. The abbey was founded in 1216 and mass has been celebrated in the abbey daily ever since. For 236 years, people have attended Mass in the unroofed abbey exposed to the cold, wind and the rain.
From here we travel to Knock. It was here on the 21st August 1879, Our Lady, St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist appeared to 15 people ranging in age from 12 to 75. Knock is now an internationally recognized Marian Shrine. Pope John Paul II visited in 1979, commemorating the centenary of the apparition and Mother Teresa of Calcutta visited the shrine in June 1993. One and a half million pilgrims visit the shrine annually. From here, we continue to Bunratty.
Overnight: Bunratty.
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