Returning Home to Co. Mayo for Christmas, Ireland 1993
Tears and cheers as emigrants are welcomed home for Christmas at Knock Airport.
Knock Airport has had a fair share of tearful goodbyes, but today is all about tears of joy as emigrants are welcomed home for the Christmas break. As one woman tells RTÉ News
We haven’t seen her for two years, it’s brilliant.
There can be few airports in the world where returning emigrants are welcomed home with the kind of excitement usually reserved for celebrities.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 22 December 1993. The reporter is Jim Fahy.
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