placenamesKnock
An Cnoc
Records of the wider parish connect nineteenth-century schooling and Ballyhowly House with the editors who documented pilgrimage.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- An Cnoc · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Knock · English · main form
Place & story
Schooling before the pilgrimage era
In 1837 Samuel Lewis described Knock, also called Knockdrumcalry, as a parish with six private schools teaching about 230 children. His account predates the reported apparition of 1879. It places Knock within the Church of Ireland union of Kiltullagh and describes a Catholic district also including Aughamore. These were different ecclesiastical arrangements surrounding the civil parish. [2]
Ballyhowly House
Ballyhowly was a Ruttledge family home within Knock civil parish. The University of Galway's Landed Estates entry records William Rutledge leasing the house from John Nolan Ferrall at Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10. A lithograph appeared in the Oranmore and Browne estate's 1854 sale advertisement. The same entry traces an earlier association with Henry Browne through Wilson's 1786 description. [3]
Liam and Judy Coyne’s editorial work
Liam and Judy Coyne, founders of the Knock Shrine Society, jointly edited its annual journal from 1938 until Liam's death in 1953. Judy continued until 1996, when Tom Neary took over. The shrine's archive introduction records seventy-seven editions, ending with a special issue in 2015. The series documented pilgrimage ceremonies, photographs and devotional life; its digitisation received Heritage Council support in 2023. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Mayo
- Barony
- Clanmorris
- Barony
- Costello
- Coordinates
- 53.79863, -8.92761
- Mapped area
- 47.31 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1800 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Knock. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Knock in1837, Lewis Survey reproduction · Samuel Lewis; Mayo Ireland
- Ballyhowly, property439 · University of Galway, Landed Estates
- Knock Shrine Annuals: archive introduction · Knock Shrine Society
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.