A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

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  • Rated 10.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1986
  • 52m
  • Documentary
  • History
  • TV Movie

Directed by John Blackman, "A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport" follows the efforts to construct an international airport at Knock in County Mayo during the early 1980s. Originating from a 1981 RTÉ News report, the film charts Monsignor James Horan’s campaign to build a full-length runway in a remote, rural location, documenting the political resistance, changing governments, and repeated setbacks that accompanied the project before the airport’s opening in 1986.

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Director
John Blackman
Starring
Monsignor James Horan, Charles Haughey, Pádraig Flynn, Albert Reynolds

Cast

  • Monsignor James Horan

    Self - Knock Parish Priest

  • Charles Haughey

    Self - Fianna Fáil (four time) Former Taoiseach

  • Pádraig Flynn

    Self - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Department of Transport, 1980-81

  • Albert Reynolds

    Self - Fianna Fáil Minister for Transport 1979-81

  • Jim Mitchell

    Self - Fine Gael TD Minister for Communications 1984-87

  • Jim Ryan

    Self - Airport Design Consultant

  • Michael O'Malley

    Self - Mayo County Manager

  • Joe Murphy

    Self - Jaycees International, 1981

  • Paddy O'Toole

    Self - Fine Gael TD, Mayo East 1977-87

  • Barry Desmond

    Self - Labour TD, Minister of State Department of Finance 1981-82

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