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We're building an airport!
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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M.H
Monsignor James Horan
as Self - Knock Parish Priest
C.H
Charles Haughey
as Self - Fianna Fáil (four time) Former Taoiseach
P.F
Pádraig Flynn
as Self - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Department of Transport, 1980-81
A.R
Albert Reynolds
as Self - Fianna Fáil Minister for Transport 1979-81
J.M
Jim Mitchell
as Self - Fine Gael TD Minister for Communications 1984-87
J.R
Jim Ryan
as Self - Airport Design Consultant
M.O
Michael O'Malley
as Self - Mayo County Manager
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A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport(1986)
September 16, 1986 · 52m
We're building an airport!
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.
M.H
Monsignor James Horan
as Self - Knock Parish Priest
C.H
Charles Haughey
as Self - Fianna Fáil (four time) Former Taoiseach
P.F
Pádraig Flynn
as Self - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Department of Transport, 1980-81
A.R
Albert Reynolds
as Self - Fianna Fáil Minister for Transport 1979-81
J.M
Jim Mitchell
as Self - Fine Gael TD Minister for Communications 1984-87
J.R
Jim Ryan
as Self - Airport Design Consultant
M.O
Michael O'Malley
as Self - Mayo County Manager
