A Wing and a Prayer: The Story of Knock Airport
Released: September 16, 1986Runtime: 52 min
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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Monsignor James Horan
as Self - Knock Parish Priest
Charles Haughey
as Self - Fianna Fáil Former Taoiseach
Morley Safer
as Self - CBS '60 Minutes' Reporter
Jim Fahy
as Self - Narrator & Reporter
Jim Mitchell
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Albert Reynolds
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Padraig Flynn
as Self
Jim Ryan
as Self - Airport Design Consultant
Michael O Malley
as Self - Mayo County Manager
Joe Murphy
as Self - Jaycees International, 1981
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