A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

Documentary 1986 · 52m

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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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16 people

M Monsignor James Horan Self - Knock Parish Priest

C Charles Haughey Self - Fianna Fáil (four time) Former Taoiseach

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

A Albert Reynolds Self - Fianna Fáil Minister for Transport 1979-81

J Jim Mitchell Self - Fine Gael TD Minister for Communications 1984-87

J Jim Ryan Self - Airport Design Consultant

M Michael O'Malley Self - Mayo County Manager

J Joe Murphy Self - Jaycees International, 1981

P Paddy O'Toole Self - Fine Gael TD, Mayo East 1977-87

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

F Frank McCullogh Self - Airport Action Committee

Morley Safer Self - CBS '60 Minutes' Reporter

M Mary Donoghue Self - Airport Fundraising Volunteer

M Maurice Buckby Self - Airport Director, British Airports International

D Danny Higgins Self - Managing Director, Celtic Air

S Sister Self - Nun

A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

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