10.0A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport (1986) is a Documentary / History / TV Movie film directed by John Blackman, starring Monsignor James Horan, Charles Haughey, Pádraig Flynn.
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.
Monsignor James Horan, Charles Haughey, Pádraig Flynn, Albert Reynolds, Jim Mitchell, Jim Ryan, Michael O'Malley, Joe Murphy
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Find a movie by describing itDirected 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.
A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport was released in 1986.
The cast includes Monsignor James Horan, Charles Haughey, Pádraig Flynn, Albert Reynolds.
