A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

Documentary
History
TV Movie
10.0
52 min
1986

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

MJH

Monsignor James Horan

Self - Knock Parish Priest

CH

Charles Haughey

Self - Fianna Fáil (four time) Former Taoiseach

PF

Pádraig Flynn

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

AR

Albert Reynolds

Self - Fianna Fáil Minister for Transport 1979-81

JM

Jim Mitchell

Self - Fine Gael TD Minister for Communications 1984-87

JR

Jim Ryan

Self - Airport Design Consultant

MO

Michael O'Malley

Self - Mayo County Manager

JM

Joe Murphy

Self - Jaycees International, 1981

PO

Paddy O'Toole

Self - Fine Gael TD, Mayo East 1977-87

BD

Barry Desmond

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

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