{"product_id":"1880-apparitions-miracles-apparitions-and-miracles-at-knock-ireland-with-depositions-eye-witness-accounts","title":"1880 APPARITIONS \u0026 MIRACLES. Apparitions and Miracles at Knock Ireland with Depositions \u0026 Eye-Witness Accounts.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA very rare imprint of John MacPhilpin’s first comprehensive, compiled record of the famous Marian apparition at Knock, County Mayo, which occurred on August 21, 1879. Published less than a year after the event, it captures the raw historical moment when a small, poverty-stricken Irish village during a time of intense economic distress and famine was suddenly transformed into a major global pilgrimage destination. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-7 citation-end-7\"\u003eMacPhilpin originally broke the story to the public through his role at the Tuam News.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Because of his familial connection as the nephew of the Archbishop of Tuam, John MacHale, the ecclesiastical authority who established the commission to investigate the event, MacPhilpin was uniquely positioned to secure and publish the official depositions of the fifteen eyewitnesses. \u003cspan class=\"citation-6 citation-end-6\"\u003eThese primary source accounts, preserved in this volume alongside early reports of alleged miraculous healings, offer a fascinating contemporary snapshot of nineteenth-century religious fervor, Irish social history, and the immediate documentation process of an event that the Catholic Church eventually deemed trustworthy.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimultaneously published in Dublin. But one example of the Dublin imprint has ever appeared at auction, at Fonsie Mealy in 2020 where it realized just over $400. No example of the American imprint we can trace in the auction record and no copies of either in the trade at the time of cataloging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMacPhilpin, John. The Apparitions and Miracles at Knock. Also, The Official Depositions of the Eye-Witnesses. Prepared and Edited by John MacPhilpin, Nephew of the Archbishop of Tuam. New York. P. J. Kenedy. Excelsior Catholic Publishing House. 1880. 142pp. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood - condition in original wraps, front wrap hand-colored, small ink scribble below image. Wraps handled and chipped with light staining. Frontis clear with period ownership inscription just to the top edge (Mary Beggan of Chicago, 1880). Remainder of text block solid and clear of markings. Moderately foxed as shown. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51001452789796,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/07-03-2026SpecsFineBooks-3.jpg?v=1783104324","url":"https:\/\/specsfinebooks.com\/products\/1880-apparitions-miracles-apparitions-and-miracles-at-knock-ireland-with-depositions-eye-witness-accounts","provider":"Specs Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}