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A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport (1986)
Directed by John Blackman
“We're building an airport!”
Documentary, History, TV Movie · 52m
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.
Cast
M
Monsignor James Horan
Self - Knock Parish Priest
C
Charles Haughey
Self - Fianna Fáil (four time) Former Taoiseach
P
Pádraig Flynn
Self - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Department of Transport, 1980-81
A
Albert Reynolds
Self - Fianna Fáil Minister for Transport 1979-81
J
Jim Mitchell
Self - Fine Gael TD Minister for Communications 1984-87
J
Jim Ryan
Self - Airport Design Consultant
M
Michael O'Malley
Self - Mayo County Manager
J
Joe Murphy
Self - Jaycees International, 1981
P
Paddy O'Toole
Self - Fine Gael TD, Mayo East 1977-87
B
Barry Desmond
Self - Labour TD, Minister of State Department of Finance 1981-82
F
Frank McCullogh
Self - Airport Action Committee
Morley Safer
Self - CBS '60 Minutes' Reporter
Crew
- Director
- John Blackman
- Writer
- Jim Fahy
- Editor
- Ian Potter, Arthur Keating
- Producer
- John Blackman
Details
- Release date
- 1986-09-16
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Documentary, History, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Ireland
- Production
- RTÉ