A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

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1986

Release Year

52 min

Runtime

Documentary

History

TV Movie

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.

Keywords

airport

aviation

camp

ireland

nostalgic

political

irish history

inspirational

low budget

absurd

connacht

whimsical

audacious

bold

cheerful

defiant

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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