A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport
We're building an airport!
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September 16, 1986
52m
Overview
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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Cast
Monsignor James Horan
Self - Knock Parish PriestCharles Haughey
Self - Fianna Fáil (four time) Former TaoiseachPádraig Flynn
Self - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Department of Transport, 1980-81Albert Reynolds
Self - Fianna Fáil Minister for Transport 1979-81Jim Mitchell
Self - Fine Gael TD Minister for Communications 1984-87Jim Ryan
Self - Airport Design ConsultantMichael O'Malley
Self - Mayo County ManagerJoe Murphy
Self - Jaycees International, 1981Paddy O'Toole
Self - Fine Gael TD, Mayo East 1977-87Barry Desmond
Self - Labour TD, Minister of State Department of Finance 1981-82Frank McCullogh
Self - Airport Action Committee
Morley Safer
Self - CBS '60 Minutes' ReporterMary Donoghue
Self - Airport Fundraising VolunteerMaurice Buckby
Self - Airport Director, British Airports InternationalDanny Higgins
Self - Managing Director, Celtic AirMore like this
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