A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport
52min
-1986
-Documentary
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.
Top Cast
Monsignor James Horan
Self - Knock Parish Priest
Charles Haughey
Self - Fianna Fáil (four time) Former Taoiseach
Pádraig Flynn
Self - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Department of Transport, 1980-81
Albert Reynolds
Self - Fianna Fáil Minister for Transport 1979-81
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