It's so quiet here today

[lickyourclit]

Is everyone in the park at the pope
It's so quiet on here now

[SteveB]

Wonder how many people are at the park with the pope and viewing EI on smartphone?

[Joe198]

Quiet a lot lately

[MrNormanBates]

over half million at it they say

[SteveB]

over half million at it they say

Some say over half-a-million.

RTE says "tens of thousands"

Some others say the place is not even near full and there is plenty of space to mill about.

[SteveB]

[slimboyfat]

2.7million people packed the streets, parks and even racecourses to catch a glimpse of Pope John Paul II in 1979.

You're probably not comparing like with like though.
1979 the Pope visited Drogheda,Knock,Galway,Limerick, Cork and the Phoenix Park.
This time only Knock and Dublin.
Last time no tickets,this time limited to 45,000 tickets for Knock and 500,000 (+100,000 for volunteers ,helpers etc)in the Phoenix Park.
A certain percentage of older people that may have wanted to go may not have bothered with the internet route.Again a lot of older people may also have been discouraged by the talk of long walks to get to the venues.This time there was talk of some campaigners (anti)booking tickets with the intention of not attending.
Finally the weather possibly put off some people attending today.
Yes there are more non-religious and anti -religion people today than last time but the couple of direct comparisons in the posts above are not the full story either.

[lorcan]

You're probably not comparing like with like though.
1979 the Pope visited Drogheda,Knock,Galway,Limerick, Cork and the Phoenix Park.
This time only Knock and Dublin.
Last time no tickets,this time limited to 45,000 tickets for Knock and 500,000 (+100,000 for volunteers ,helpers etc)in the Phoenix Park.
A certain percentage of older people that may have wanted to go may not have bothered with the internet route.Again a lot of older people may also have been discouraged by the talk of long walks to get to the venues.This time there was talk of some campaigners (anti)booking tickets with the intention of not attending.
Finally the weather possibly put off some people attending today.
Yes there are more non-religious and anti -religion people today than last time but the couple of direct comparisons in the posts above are not the full story either.

the scandals were not public then and was a different Ireland back then. I wasn't born but liked to have been

[Barney Rubble]

the scandals were not public then and was a different Ireland back then. I wasn't born but liked to have been

You weren't born ? Are you a modern day Frankenstein's monster?

[Floki]

Pope keeps silent on abuse claim letter at end of Irish visit when asked on the flight back to Rome.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45318100