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A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

WE'RE BUILDING AN AIRPORT!
10/10 1986 4K 52 min
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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A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport
Top Cast
Monsignor James Horan
Monsignor James Horan
Self - Knock Parish Priest
Charles Haughey
Charles Haughey
Self - Fianna Fáil (four time) Former Taoiseach
Pádraig Flynn
Pádraig Flynn
Self - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Department of Transport, 1980-81
Albert Reynolds
Albert Reynolds
Self - Fianna Fáil Minister for Transport 1979-81
Jim Mitchell
Jim Mitchell
Self - Fine Gael TD Minister for Communications 1984-87
Jim Ryan
Jim Ryan
Self - Airport Design Consultant
Michael O'Malley
Michael O'Malley
Self - Mayo County Manager
Joe Murphy
Joe Murphy
Self - Jaycees International, 1981
Paddy O'Toole
Paddy O'Toole
Self - Fine Gael TD, Mayo East 1977-87
Barry Desmond
Barry Desmond
Self - Labour TD, Minister of State Department of Finance 1981-82

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