A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport
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
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
