A long-time Boyle resident is one of the guest speakers at the Knock Novena, which gets under way tomorrow.
Ita Lohan will speak on Friday about prison life - she's the former chaplain of Castlerea Prison and current chaplain in Loughan House in Cavan.
Around 150,000 people are expected to attend the nine-day novena.
Danny Burke, from Castlerea, is one of them: