Fewer visitors to ‘apparition’ stump

THE Rathkeale tree stump which some people claim projects the image of Our Lady is losing its drawing powers.

Hundreds began to gather each night at the tree stump in the grounds of St Mary’s Parish church after the apparition claims hit national and international headlines.

But Noel White, chairman of the graveyard committee, which organised the clean up of the church grounds said yesterday, numbers coming have fallen to a trickle.