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If the [[Western Rail Corridor]] is reopened Charlestown will have rail connections to [[Sligo]], [[Galway]], [[Ballina, County Mayo|Ballina]] and [[Westport]].[http://www.westontrack.com/news148.htm]
==Funding rumours==
Irish songwriter [[Christy Moore]] wrote a comic song about the building of the airport [http://www.christymoore.com/lyrics_tabs_detail.php?id=79] declaring "I've never seen a miracle like the airport up in Knock". The song contained lyrics like:
:''Father Horan's got his runway, it's eighteen thousand feet''
:''All sorts of planes could land there, of that there's little doubt,''
:'' It'll be handy now for George Bush to knock Gadaffi out.'' (*)
:''Did NATO donate, me boys, did NATO donate the dough?''
:''Did NATO donate, me Girls, did NATO donate the dough?''
(*) In the original version of the song (released in 1983), this line is replaced by ''Handy for the Yankees to keep the Russians out''. The lyrics containing references to George H.W. Bush and Muammar Gadaffi are from '''''Live at the Point''''' (released in 1994). They were made as a tongue in cheek joke between Christy Moore and the audience. The Knock song was released on three Christy Moore albums--two of which were studio albums. Of the three released CDs that contain the Knock song, two have the original version. It should also be noted that the runway is under 8,000 ft rather than 18,000 ft.
The song with the original lyrics intact appears on '''''The Time Has Come''''' (1983) and '''''The Christy Moore Collection (1981-91)''''' (1991). The 1994 performance '''''Live At the Point''''' was Moore's way of "updating" the lyrics, while still making a humerous political statement--something for which Christy Moore is famous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Knock_lyrics.jpg is a picture of the inside jacket of '''''The Christy Moore Collection (1981-91)''''' where the original lyrics can be clearly seen.
40-second clips of both verisons (ogg format) can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Knock-Original.ogg -- Knock song from '''''The Time Has Come''''' (1983) and '''''The Christy Moore Collection (1981-91)''''' (1991)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Knock-LAP.ogg -- Knock song from '''''Live at the Point''''' (1994)
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