My myernal grandfather who was the son of a irish girl who came ocee after her family died in the irish family abandoned my grandfather,great grandmother and great aunt,emigrated to the US spending several weeks working passage on a ship and went through Ellis Island circa 1900 before Hawaii and alaka became US States. When he returned about 50 years he still had the little flag which only had 49 stars. What he did as a ameican crimes is a story gor another time.Ay least Annie Mòrr had parents and 2 brothers in New Yitk but suffered tradegy as some of her children died young. Someone should make a film about her.
I saw those statue when I visited Dublin of the victi,s of the famine as I had a personal connection as my 18 ut old emigrated to yje UK after losing her entity family during the famine
The statue of Annie Moore in Ireland points out to the land she and her brothers would go for a new life. And the statue of her in New York points back to Ireland, to remind her brothers to never forget where they came from. My father came to this country from Ireland because he felt the need to get good work, to ensure his children grew up with more than what he had. Forever grateful for his courage, and for never letting us forget where we are from. God bless Ireland, and God bless the United States.
This song is about a brave teenager from Ireland called Annie Moore who emigrated to America with her two little brothers. She was the first person to be processed at Ellis Island and eventually admitted. She must have felt fear, loneless and sadness for leaving all her past but also freedom of the mind and hope for her new future.
Yes it would really have taken strength of spirit, inner strength as she was responsible for not only herself but her two little brothers . Annie we salute your memory. Thank you!
it takes a lot of courage to make the journey but it takes along time to gain respect it can only be got by hard work and sacrifice the two combined can bring a little pleasure
Ireland is defined by the 1916 Uprising but there's a Voice that says that Ireland is/was defined by the Famine (oops the Great Hunger). That's for the Irish (I'm not Irish, I'm Australian) to determine. I'm moved by both, enough to go back to Dublin for the centenary of the Uprising but to be moved, almost, to tears by Brendan's songs of the emigrees to North America (Isles of Hope) and to Australasia (Orphan Girll)
I have been to Ireland with my parents and siblings visiting, my grandmother who,lived in Roscommon and since oand have seen the statues honouring the victi,s of the famine,immigrants and Annie Moore herself which also depicts her two younger brothers who travelled with her as well.
AS HEARTBREAKING ÀS THIS SONG IS FOLLOWING TRAGEDIES AS SHE DIED AGED ONLY 50 AND THOUGH SHE HAD 11 CHILDREN MOST DIED BEFORE THE AGE OF THEEE AND THOUGH SHE IS HONOURED HER STORY SHOULD BE MADE INTO A FILM.
Not ashamed this song makes me cry as I had a at the time a great great grandmother who experienced a similar thing except her entire family died in the famine and she had no family waiting when she emigrated to Liverpool in the mid 1850 S As at least Annie Moore was with her two younger brothers andvher parre5 were waiting for her in Nee York.
It doesn't mention that she was with her two younger brothers and her parents where waiting for her as they has travelled previously. My maternal great grandfather went through Ellis Island as he emigrated to Ireland in about 1900 and he left the flag which only had 48 stars as Alaska and hawaii weren't states then. My maternal great great grandmother emigrated to the uk in the mid 1850 s and on her with one bag and aged barely 18 she managed to make a life for herself and lived until 102. She never talked about her family much though although I learned later her entire family had died during the famine and she was left completely alone.
This heart-breaking song about emigration tells the story of the first person to enter America through Ellis Island. She was a young girl named Annie Moore who left everything behing to start over in a new place because Ireland was a poor country at the time. Annie Moore knew that the USA was a land of liberty where she would have a new life on land of opportunities. This song became a symbol for the Irish people who left Ireland back in those days.
This heart-breaking song about emigration tells the story of the first person to enter America throught Ellis Island. She was a young Irish girl named Annie Moore who left behind to start over in a new place because Ireland was very poor country at the time (Irish Famine in 1845). Annie Moore knew that USA was a land of liberty where she could enjoy a new life on a land of opportunities.
Biden is definitely Irish descent though,so much so that he refused to give a interview to the BBC because they were British.There are lot of Irish decent Americans these days and they now have more people than Ireland itself. The Irish immigrants are the heart of america as they are heavily represented in military,police,firefighters and constuction industry in America and at least four president have Irish roots including Kennedy,Reagan,Obama and Biden but although he claimed it Clinton has no Irish blood connection as researchers checked and neither has his wife. Of course he's an honourary Irishman due to his involvement in the Good Friday agreement and mostly peace in Northern Ireland. The are well respected around the world nd i am proud of my own Irish roots on both my father and mother's sides. One day Britain on its knee will beg Ireland for mercy and we will consider it.
'Tis, of course. By 1892, the Irish had been coming, and coming, and coming, wave after wave, for the previous 47 years, ever since the 1845 start of An Gort Mor, the Great Hunger. All of us of Irish descent owe a debt we can never repay to our immigrant ancestors, for their faith, for their hope, for their sheet guts. But even more than this, "Isle of Hope" is the story of immigrants from every other part of the world as well, immigrants to this, the greatest nation in history. Immigrants "yearning to breathe free," who built this nation, creating one without peer, immigrants who were often the best and brightest of the earth even though in their homelands they were often despised. God bless them. God bless America. JP McMenamin
In 1992 I was traveling on a Sea-link from England to Ireland, early in the morning as Ireland became visible in a mist. I had a deep sense that I had been there before... DNA was pulling at my Heart !! Jim Murphy
my aunt went to america on her own when she was 15 and wasnt heard from until 2011, she is now 76, married with children, mad how so much can change. she never forgot about ireland though.
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