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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.
September 16, 1986
RTÉ
16 people
Monsignor James Horan
Self - Knock Parish Priest
Acting
Charles Haughey
Self - Fianna Fáil (four time) Former Taoiseach
Acting
Pádraig Flynn
Self - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Department of Transport, 1980-81
Acting
Albert Reynolds
Self - Fianna Fáil Minister for Transport 1979-81
Acting
Jim Mitchell
Self - Fine Gael TD Minister for Communications 1984-87
Acting
Jim Ryan
Self - Airport Design Consultant
Acting
Michael O'Malley
Self - Mayo County Manager
Acting
Joe Murphy
Self - Jaycees International, 1981
Acting
Paddy O'Toole
Self - Fine Gael TD, Mayo East 1977-87
Acting
Barry Desmond
Self - Labour TD, Minister of State Department of Finance 1981-82
Acting
Frank McCullogh
Self - Airport Action Committee
Acting
Morley Safer
Self - CBS '60 Minutes' Reporter
Acting
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