Twitter has been in a frenzy over the RTÉ Knock documentary, 'Strange Occurrences In A Small Irish Village' that was broadcast last night.
The documentary focuses around the small village of Knock, Mayo where in 1879, fifteen villagers claim to witness a vision of the Virgin Mary. The village welcomes over one million pilgrims annually.
The documentary focuses on every aspect of the village from the rival religious merchandise shops to invalids seeing cures. However, there has been huge debate on Twitter over the religious documentary and some of the people featured. Religious and atheists alike have commented on the documentary and here's what they've had to say:
I just wanted #holywater #bottles to fly #poitin back to NY so nothing would leak or break in my suitcase. #RTE #StrangeOccurrences #Knock pic.twitter.com/tkj1qjUJla
— Ming the Merciless (@stanleymwc) December 22, 2016
#Knock priest and matchmaker: "You can't have the women taller than the man." Tell that to the president of the country.
— Damian Mac Con Uladh (@damomac) December 21, 2016
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HOLY WATER: DON'T KNOCK IT TILL YOU'VE TRIED IT #strangeoccurrences
— Alan Flanagan (@alanflanagan) December 21, 2016
This is GAS! #StrangeOccurrences 'Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple'
— Rachel McGuinness (@ramcguinness) December 21, 2016
Whatever your beliefs, #strangeoccurrences is another really interesting, well-made documentary by @aoifekelleher #knockfilm
— Tara Farrell (@TeeFarr) December 21, 2016
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Well done @aoifekelleher & all at @UGFilms on the beautiful, sensitive, thoughtful & occasionally & refreshingly cheeky #strangeoccurrences
— Roger Childs (@rogerchilds2u) December 21, 2016
#Knock is like Disneyland for the faithful, full of magic and grubby merchandise, even has its own holy love shop 😂 #StrangeOccurrences
— Niall Corcoran (@niall_ci) December 21, 2016
Irregardless of religious belief #StrangeOccurrences on Knock Shrine was an excellent documentary. Good work @aoifekelleher
— Eamonn McGurk (@McGurkEamonn) December 21, 2016
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Knock: where statues move BUT the woman should NEVER be older or taller than the man 😂 #strangeoccurrences #rte #strangerthingshavehappened
— Ciara Ní É 🏳️🌈 'knee YAY' (@MiseCiara) December 21, 2016
what. on. earth. am. I. watching. #StrangeOccurrences
— dr emer mchugh (she/her) (@emeramchugh) December 21, 2016
Give the low-fi dating duo their own series of Kafkaesque plays immediately thank you.#strangeoccurrences
— Alan Flanagan (@alanflanagan) December 21, 2016
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I really should be watching Leonard Cohen doc on TG4 but I can't take my eyes off that #Knock programme on RTE, it's like a car crash!
— Pauline Murphy (@RealPMurphy) December 21, 2016
You can grab the documentary on DVD from undergroundfilms.ie
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