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