A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

The read

It runs a compact 52m.

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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Key crew

• Jim FahyWriter
• John BlackmanDirector

Cast

• Monsignor James HoranSelf - Knock Parish Priest
• Charles HaugheySelf - Fianna Fáil (four time) Former Taoiseach
• Pádraig FlynnSelf - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Department of Transport, 1980-81
• Albert ReynoldsSelf - Fianna Fáil Minister for Transport 1979-81
• Jim MitchellSelf - Fine Gael TD Minister for Communications 1984-87
• Jim RyanSelf - Airport Design Consultant
• Michael O'MalleySelf - Mayo County Manager
• Joe MurphySelf - Jaycees International, 1981
• Paddy O'TooleSelf - Fine Gael TD, Mayo East 1977-87
• Barry DesmondSelf - Labour TD, Minister of State Department of Finance 1981-82
• Frank McCulloghSelf - Airport Action Committee
• Morley SaferSelf - CBS '60 Minutes' Reporter

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