Ireland West Airport Knock to feature on national television tonight
Ireland West Airport Knock.
Tune into RTÉ television this evening for a very special episode of Nationwide on RTÉ 1 at 7pm as they celebrate the 40th anniversary of the official opening of the airport.
The airport stated, "Forty years ago, on a foggy, boggy hillside in County Mayo, an extraordinary dream became reality when the first commercial flights departed from Knock Airport. It was the bold vision of local parish priest Monsignor James Horan, who, against all the odds, built an airport close to Knock Shrine.
"To mark the 40th anniversary of Ireland's fourth-busiest airport, presenter Colm Flynn tells the remarkable story of Monsignor Horan and the runway that transformed the west of Ireland. Nationwide sees how the airport has grown over four decades, now serving hundreds of thousands of passengers each year and welcoming notable visitors, including Pope Francis and U.S. President Joe Biden. Nationwide also meets the people who keep the airport running today, some of whom have been there since day one."
