A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport
1986-09-16| 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.
Genres
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie
Cast
Monsignor James Horan
Charles Haughey
Pádraig Flynn
Albert Reynolds
Jim Mitchell
Jim Ryan
Michael O'Malley
Joe Murphy
Paddy O'Toole
Barry Desmond
Frank McCullogh
Morley Safer
Mary Donoghue
Maurice Buckby
Danny Higgins
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