On the evening of Thursday , 21 August 1879 , at about 8 o'clock , fifteen people , whose ages ranged from five years to seventy-five and included men , women , teenagers and children , witnessed what they stated was an apparition of Our Lady , Saint Joseph , and Saint John the Evangelist at the south gable end of the local small parish church , the Church of Saint John the Baptist .
On the evening of 21 August 1879 , at about 8 o'clock , fifteen people , aged from five years to seventy-five included men , women , teenagers and children , witnessed this event . They all said they saw an apparition of Our Lady , Saint Joseph , and Saint John the Evangelist on the wall of the small parish church .