My first sight of Ireland Co. Mayo was on a winter's day in December 1994 when I arrived at knock International airport from Stanstead. For twenty minutes or so, the terminal area was packed in the tiny airport which could be described as a shed. . I was standing wondering next to my dad when I first noticed the sign `Knock International airport' and I laugh, as Knock is hardly `international', (there are no flights from America as such.) I noticed the Shrine shop while I waited to meet my granddad; I should have known there'd been a shrine shop. Knock is famous for their holy water and so the shop sold Mary statues and holy water. What are you suppose to do with holy water? As I continued to wait patiently for my dad, there he was. Hurray, I thought, he's here and hastened across to greet him. Packe...