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

Name: A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport
Director: John Blackman
Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
Released: 1986-09-16
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 10.0
Cast: Monsignor James Horan, Charles Haughey, Pádraig Flynn, Albert Reynolds, Jim Mitchell

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Synopsis

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

8 principal 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

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