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| Vicka, her eye’s ever beaming, during Our Lady’s apparition at Tralee |
Thousands of Irish faithful from all over Kerry flocked to Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church in Tralee on Tuesday for an afternoon of prayer with Medjugorje visionary Vicka Ivankovic-Mijatovic.
The world-famous visionary drew a massive crowd to the Tralee event, following her appearance on the Late Late Show last Friday.
Traffic was backed up around the area all afternoon as people arrived from all over the county, and from as far away as Donegal.
Every seat was filled in the church during the service, while hundreds more gathered outside the town centre location.
According to Fr Patsy Lynch of St Brendan’s Parish, the church was packed for hours before the visionary arrived.
“I’ve never witnessed anything like it,” he said.
LISTEN LIVE TO VICKA ON RADIO KERRY
• You can listen live to an interview with Vicka on Radio Kerry’s Horizon programme aired this Sunday (February 27), between 9.00 and 10.00m (gmt)THE ROSE OF TRALEE
The pale moon was rising above the green mountainThe sun was declining beneath the blue sea
When I strayed with my love to the pure crystal fountain
That stands in beautiful vale of Tralee.
She was lovely and fair as the rose of the summer
Yet, 'twas not her beauty alone that won me
Oh no! 'Twas the the truth in her eye ever beaming
That made me love Mary, the Rose of Tralee.
The cool shades of evening their mantle were spreading
And Mary all smiling was listening to me
The moon through the valley her pale rays was shedding
When I won the heart of the Rose of Tralee.
Though lovely and fair as the rose of the summer
Yet, 'twas not her beauty alone that won me
Oh no! 'Twas the the truth in her eye ever beaming
That made me love Mary, the Rose of Tralee.
• kerryseye.com
