A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

Plot 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.

Top Cast

Monsignor James Horan Self - Knock Parish Priest

Charles Haughey Self - Fianna Fáil (four time) Former Taoiseach

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

Albert Reynolds Self - Fianna Fáil Minister for Transport 1979-81

Jim Mitchell Self - Fine Gael TD Minister for Communications 1984-87