A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport
A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

10.0

0 hr 52 min

1986-09-16

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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.

Documentary

History

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Characters

Monsignor James Horan

Monsignor James Horan

Self - Knock Parish Priest

Charles Haughey

Charles Haughey

Self - Fianna Fáil (four time) Former Taoiseach

Pádraig Flynn

Pádraig Flynn

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

Albert Reynolds

Albert Reynolds

Self - Fianna Fáil Minister for Transport 1979-81

Jim Mitchell

Jim Mitchell

Self - Fine Gael TD Minister for Communications 1984-87

Jim Ryan

Jim Ryan

Self - Airport Design Consultant

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