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Village and parish in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, 11 km/7 mi northeast of Claremorris; the village has a small population (1,400 in 2002) but as an international place of pilgrimage receives a reputed 1.5 million visitors per year. Knock is known as the site of alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary (the first on 21 August 1879), and for its church shrine, the Basilica of Our Lady, ‘Queen of Ireland’, which seats 12,000 and was opened in 1976. Horan International Airport, opened in 1986, receives transatlantic flights; it was named after Monsignor James Horan, a parish priest who launched the project to attract pilgrims.
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