A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport (1986)

We're building an airport!

  • Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1986-09-16
  • User Rating: 10/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 52min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: RTÉ
  • Production Country: Ireland
  • Director: John Blackman
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Summary

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.

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  • Monsignor James Horan

    as Self - Knock Parish Priest

  • Charles Haughey

    as Self - Fianna Fáil (four time) Former Taoiseach

  • Pádraig Flynn

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

  • Albert Reynolds

    as Self - Fianna Fáil Minister for Transport 1979-81

  • Jim Mitchell

    as Self - Fine Gael TD Minister for Communications 1984-87

  • Jim Ryan

    as Self - Airport Design Consultant

  • Michael O'Malley

    as Self - Mayo County Manager

  • Joe Murphy

    as Self - Jaycees International, 1981

  • Paddy O'Toole

    as Self - Fine Gael TD, Mayo East 1977-87

  • Barry Desmond

    as Self - Labour TD, Minister of State Department of Finance 1981-82

  • Frank McCullogh

    as Self - Airport Action Committee

  • Morley Safer

    as Self - CBS '60 Minutes' Reporter

  • Mary Donoghue

    as Self - Airport Fundraising Volunteer

  • Maurice Buckby

    as Self - Airport Director, British Airports International

  • Danny Higgins

    as Self - Managing Director, Celtic Air

  • Sister

    as Self - Nun
Writing Jim Fahy Writer
Crew Jim Fahy Presenter
Directing John Blackman Director
Production John Blackman Producer
Production Seán Ó Méalóid Production Assistant
Camera Cedric Culliton Camera Operator
Camera Tony Curnane Camera Operator
Camera Colm O'Byrne Camera Operator
Sound Des Byrne Sound
Sound Tony Finnegan Sound
Sound Alan Seavers Sound
Sound Bob Bell Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Editing Ian Potter Editor
Editing Arthur Keating Editor

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