A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport 1986
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Directed by John Blackman
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52 min
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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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Cast
Monsignor James Horan · Self - Knock Parish PriestCharles Haughey · Self - Fianna Fáil (four time) Former TaoiseachPádraig Flynn · Self - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Department of Transport, 1980-81Albert Reynolds · Self - Fianna Fáil Minister for Transport 1979-81Jim Mitchell · Self - Fine Gael TD Minister for Communications 1984-87Jim Ryan · Self - Airport Design ConsultantMichael O'Malley · Self - Mayo County ManagerJoe Murphy · Self - Jaycees International, 1981
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