A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport (1986)

10.0 52 min Movie
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

We're building an airport!

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 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
Frank McCullogh Frank McCullogh Self - Airport Action Committee
Morley Safer Morley Safer Self - CBS '60 Minutes' Reporter

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