Our Lady tree stump a ‘miracle’ for ill resident

MARGARET SHERIDAN, one of the hundreds who yesterday visited the willow tree stump in Rathkeale, Co Limerick, which many claim projects the image of Our Lady, said it has worked a miracle of sorts for her husband, Dan, who is on dialysis.

Dan, 62, has been going three days a week to the dialysis unit at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital for nearly two years and has been unable to travel. “Dan has been unable to travel to Lourdes, Knock or Medjugorje. This is a miracle for him as he can now pray to Our Lady here in Rathkeale where we live. I can see the image of our Blessed Lady on the tree and have been coming every day to pray for Dan.”

Several thousand people have visited the tree stump in the grounds of St Mary’s Parish church since it was uncovered on Monday.