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A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

10.0198652m

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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.

Directed by John Blackman

CAST

The people behind the story

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Monsignor James HoranSelf - Knock Parish Priest

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Charles HaugheySelf - Fianna Fáil (four time) Former Taoiseach

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Pádraig FlynnSelf - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Department of Transport, 1980-81

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Albert ReynoldsSelf - Fianna Fáil Minister for Transport 1979-81

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Jim MitchellSelf - Fine Gael TD Minister for Communications 1984-87

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Jim RyanSelf - Airport Design Consultant

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Michael O'MalleySelf - Mayo County Manager

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Joe MurphySelf - Jaycees International, 1981