Books by Terry Reilly

On a Wing and a Prayer
The Story of Knock Airport

Now on sale, the definitive book on the building of Knock Airport, with all the inside details, featuring the irrepressible Monsignor James Horan, the political intrigue surrounding the project, the opposition and support an international airport on a "foggy, boggy hill" engendered, and the success - despite the predictions of nay sayer politicians and economists - it turned out to be.

Told in a lively, entertaining manner, with some great behind-the-scenes stories and enlivened by enduring photographs, the book touches on many of the events of the period. It deals with the early life of Monsignor Horan, his days in Tooreen and his encounter with the dancehall devil, the building up of Knock Shrine, the attracting of Pope John Paul 11 to the Shrine in 1979, right through the building of the Airport to the year 2006.

The author Terry Reilly covered the unfolding story as it actually happened and knew all the central characters involved.

You can order signed copies direct by emailing the author at terryreilly@eircom.net

ISBN 0-9553699-0-8 978-0-9553699-0-2

350 pages, including over 100 photographs. Index. Page size 9.5 inches by 6 inches approx. Hardback, 23.99 euro in bookshops.

Have your specially signed copy posted by the author:

  • Ireland: 30 euro
  • UK: 25 sterling
  • Rest of Europe: 36 euro
  • Australia: 39 euro
  • USA 36 dollars

(all including p&p)