Tearful embraces at the airport still remain a vivid memory in Gillian McAuley's mind as she recalls the moment she boarded a plane with her family to start a new life in Canada at the age of six.
A move partly brought about because of the Troubles engulfing the country at the time, the family decided to pack up their home in Carrickfergus and move across the Atlantic to forge a new life.
But despite being so young when she emigrated, the draw of Northern Ireland always remained strong for Gillian.
