Arlene Foster has learned the Irish-language roots of her childhood home in Co Fermanagh which she fondly remembers as her "little world" growing up.
The former First Minister paid a visit to Aghadrumsee for a TV series which seeks to rediscover the hidden meanings behind placenames on the island of Ireland.
Dame Arlene recalled her "many happy memories" walking to St Mark's Church in the small border village with her family and attending the local primary school.
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She also told of the pain she felt aged eight-and-a-half at having to move away after the IRA attempted to murder her father, a reserve police officer, outside their family home.
Speaking while inside the church, the former DUP leader said: "The wrench of having to leave your home is a big one.
"It's a big one for a child because I remember crying about leaving my schoolfriends in Aghadrumsee, which is just across the road, and having to go to Lisnaskea.
"Whilst they did everything to make me feel welcome and comfortable, I still missed the little school here because it was a lot smaller than Lisnaskea was."
The RTÉ One programme, Creedon's Atlas of Ireland, examines the Irish-language meaning from which Aghadrumsee derives its name - the field of the ridge of the willows.
Dame Arlene said she would "not at all" have known what it meant.
She said: "Aghadrumsee is where I would have gone to Sunday school and then my own school was at Aghadrumsee as well.
"This was very much my little world when I was growing up."
Dame Arlene, whose maiden name is Kelly, also examined an old map of Co Fermanagh placenames at Enniskillen Castle and noted how she hails from the barony of Clankelly.
During the episode, which airs on Sunday, Dame Arlene recalls the night her father, John Kelly, was targeted at their farmstead family home near Roslea.
"He went to the byre to close in the animals for the night just lock the door, and just as that happened they opened fire," she said.
"Because he was under threat, because he was living rurally, we had flares at the house. They went off to alert the security forces that he was under attack.
"And we all lay down on the floor of the bedroom, including my grandmother who was in her eighties at the time, until about nine minutes I think it was.
"But it didn't feel like nine minutes. It was an incredibly long nine minutes. I still remember, I was only eight-and-a-half, but I still have a very clear memory of lying on the floor."
Dame Arlene said she thought her father "felt incredibly fortunate to survive".
"Unfortunately in the graveyard here at Aghadrumsee, we'll see many of his colleagues who weren't as fortunate as he was, so he survived to tell the tale and lived for 32 more years. He died at age 81.
"But when my father passed away, there was never any any suggestion that he would be buried anywhere other than here in Aghadrumsee.
"Obviously, it's a place that is very dear to me and to all my family."
She added: "I suppose we have a saying here that you should never forget the bowl you were baked in. And that's absolutely true. And I was baked in this bowl."
:: Creedon's Atlas of Ireland airs on RTÉ One on Sunday at 6.30pm
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