Case file · Apparition / miracle
The Mount Melleray grotto apparitions
In the summer of 1985, shortly after Ballinspittle, visitors to the grotto near Mount Melleray, County Waterford, reported that the statue of the Virgin Mary moved, and some said she spoke to them.
1985 CE · 52.16, -7.89 · status: claim
The account
It was one of the best-known of the 1985 Irish 'moving statue' events and drew large crowds.
The sceptical view
The Church did not recognise the apparitions.