A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport (1986)
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.
Release Date: 1986-09-16
Runtime: 52 minutes
Director: John Blackman
Top Cast
- Monsignor James Horan as Self - Knock Parish Priest
- Charles Haughey as Self - Fianna Fáil (four time) Former Taoiseach
- Pádraig Flynn as Self - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Department of Transport, 1980-81
- Albert Reynolds as Self - Fianna Fáil Minister for Transport 1979-81
- Jim Mitchell as Self - Fine Gael TD Minister for Communications 1984-87
- Jim Ryan as Self - Airport Design Consultant
- Michael O'Malley as Self - Mayo County Manager
- Joe Murphy as Self - Jaycees International, 1981
- Paddy O'Toole as Self - Fine Gael TD, Mayo East 1977-87
- Barry Desmond as Self - Labour TD, Minister of State Department of Finance 1981-82
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