Popes visit/Knock shrine and airfield?

ronano · 24-05-2005 2:51pm #1

Was there an airfield built in knock for the popes visit and if so how much did it cost? (i've checked online to no avail :S)

Downtime · 24-05-2005 2:53pm

No, he arrived there by helicopter as he did everywhere else.

meditraitor · 24-05-2005 3:02pm

The airport in Knock(horan international) was'nt built till 1986, pope visited in 1979, so I think its safe to say they are not connected, (although the popes visit may have been a catalyst).

threebeards · 24-05-2005 3:05pm

This might give you a bit of an insight.

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/show_narrative_page.do?page_id=1721

ronano · 24-05-2005 3:10pm

Oh i read that link already,i'm just discussing something with a guy who's usually knows his stuff so i didn't wanna go in and have myself owned afterwards :P

this is what he said

(including the seeming house country of this board, ireland, where the religious loonies spent GOVERNMENT MONEY to build a million dollar airfield, so the pope could land a private plane.. and maybe see where some people had claimed to see, a vision of jesus..)

Doctor Benway · 24-05-2005 5:28pm

ronano wrote:

(including the seeming house country of this board, ireland, where the religious loonies spent GOVERNMENT MONEY to build a million dollar airfield, so the pope could land a private plane.. and maybe see where some people had claimed to see, a vision of jesus..)

They didn't claim to see a vision of Jesus either.

Downtime · 24-05-2005 5:33pm

ronano wrote:

(including the seeming house country of this board, ireland, where the religious loonies spent GOVERNMENT MONEY to build a million dollar airfield, so the pope could land a private plane.. and maybe see where some people had claimed to see, a vision of jesus..)

He is well wrong on this one ask Doctor Benway said.
No airfield.
No private jet
and no Jesus.