Ellis Island - Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears

[@judithhardin2783]

My grandmother, Mary Anne Walsh from Co. Mayo, left Ireland at age 20 in 1910 by herself. She was a maid and cook in New York. She worked hard to provide a future for her descendants. Very grateful.

[@milonator9788]

I Love Mr. Weber

[@seanbrown453]

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.

[@LennardLevinLeisse]

I love Mr. Weber

[@seanoreilly3806]

I left Ireland at 15 also with my Grandmother, parents moved 8 years previously for London never to return. I have selected this song for my funeral as they take me out of the Church Slainte

[@geneweise9996]

I am a catholic German American and I am married to a Irish woman who came to this land of ours when she was 18 years old.She traveled across the Atlantic alone. God bless her

[@cynthiamshirk8686]

❤️

[@Thefamilyexplorers]

you are germanand i am rusian you are nazis

[@turidoreilly9078]

Bravo

[@juliewhelan7743]

❤

[@jimmurphy9545]

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

[@cynsha]

❤️

[@hildalubbe3041]

I am from Ireland but living in South Africa for almost 15 years came here the 29th of January I miss and love my beautiful country

[@hildalubbe3041]

From Cork city

[@ChrisTine-wc2tg]

@@hildalubbe3041 nice city. I really like it there. I'm from Germany living in Killarney. Greetings

[@dominicspillane2971]

God bless you, hope you can get back soon..and you have found a live in SA... cheer for the B & I Lions this summer X

[@dominicspillane2971]

@@ChrisTine-wc2tg Hi Chris, love Killarney, best town in the world, have holiday home in Aghadoe, daughter there this week... it's haven, from Skerries, a heaven also..Dad was a Kerry man.

[@ChrisTine-wc2tg]

@@dominicspillane2971 that's funny. I almost live around the corner.🙂

[@Triforcedu_31]

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.

[@michaelhayden725]

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!

[@AmericanRedTory]

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.

[@Blazer_1265]

My mother tells me about her grandmother who came to the U.S. when she was 16. She had no money and she came to the U.S. alone. The guts it must take to do that. The guts it must take still to move to another country as an immigrant that leaves everything and everyone behind. This song makes my mother cry every time.

[@dominicspillane2971]

@kmichaelm micheals God bless you angel x

[@marjoriemarini2189]

@kmichaelm micheals ..

[@Badkhela]

Give your mother a big warm hug for us.

[@reannalloyd9206]

My great great aunt came from Ireland as a young lady. I can only imagine how she felt💚☘️

[@elixever]

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.

[@Powerranger-le4up]

My ancestors are German immigrants and likely came through Ellis Island

[@katrinhennig8384]

Guten Tag

[@FKINoop]

A very beautiful song. It gives expression and pays tribute to the struggle of the millions of Irish who, through force of necessity, emigrated to America.

[@cynthiamshirk8686]

❤️

[@psychickitty1]

I visited Ellis Island this spring, where my people stepped ashore (both adoptive and birth families). It was incredibly moving. I also visited Angel Island here in California, which also served as an immigration station. When I think of what all those brave people went through for the promise of a new life...it's indescribable. Lest we forget.

[@cynthiamshirk8686]

❤️

[@brendanmcnamara1414]

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

[@hansmoerman]

This song is truley amazing and is one of the few songs that is capable of bringing tears to my eyes

[@palmtreebruce]

I agree

[@mrsturbett6625]

Hans Moerman uij

[@tmfrezzy5040]

Hans Moerman same

[@barryrappaport67]

Beautiful song Ellis Island definitely worth a visit

[@cynthiamshirk8686]

❤️

[@Noodl3_]

I’m so so so happy that my teacher showed me this song. It’s a lovely song. It tells a sad but beautiful story, which I love about it.❤️

[@cynthiamshirk8686]

❤️

[@bentonmohamed1369]

i dont mean to be so offtopic but does any of you know of a method to get back into an Instagram account? I was dumb forgot my login password. I would love any help you can give me.

[@Noodl3_]

@@bentonmohamed1369 I don’t. I’m sorry

[@SpartanWolf120]

A teacher showed me too

[@SpartanWolf120]

@@bentonmohamed1369 sorry bro

[@seanbrown525]

Watch the film"Brooklyn" if you want a good cry. My own Father emigrated from Ireland to England when he was 19 but he wasn't totally alone as his uncle was here and he met my mum shortly after he arrived and they married in 1963.

[@sebastiengoldstein2625]

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.

[@theofernandez6145]

I agree with you Mael

[@annabyszkiewicz6302]

@kmichaelm micheals how long did it take you to finish!?

[@p.o.s.h.o.u1037]

@@theofernandez6145 i agree with you Quentin's brother

[@seanbrown453]

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.

[@josephmcmenamin228]

'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

[@Aubedenuit]

I really like this song because it is a beautiful story. Annie Moore, a little girl who was 15years old, left her native land with her two little brothers. This song is gonna stay in my mind ! But this song is hopeful too because Annie Moore start a new life !

[@mandoza4720]

for those who did not understand, the music expresses the landing of the first person on Ellis Island, it is the story of Annie Moore a fifteen year old girl who left her homeland with her brothers to go and live in the United States Ellis ilsland is described as an island of hope, tears, but it is described as of hunger and pain, the music also describes her bag filled with her past and Ireland's history .

[@davido.1233]

This is by far my favorite Irish song of all time!

[@ellecronin1364]

I learned it In history lesson and It made me cry

[@leacazelles9012]

I love it !! This song talks about the story of Annie Moore , a little girl of 15 years old. She was an immigrant, she left Ireland with her 2 little brothers for a new life in the U.S. She had many hopes for a better life but she was nostalgic about her native land.

[@cassiecandyflos755]

she was acctually 17

[@catherinehiggins4476]

Thanks million again ❤❤❤❤

[@andically6826]

Annie later married a bakery clerk, and had 11 children, only five of whom survived to adulthood. She died of heart failure in 1924 at 47 years old, and was buried with six of her children in an unmarked plot at Calvary Cemetery in Queens. “She had the typical hardscrabble immigrant life,” Smolenyak said.

[@cynsha]

Thank you for the information! I hope her story stays remembered here in the states.

[@juliewhelan7743]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@Badkhela]

This song makes me want to be the best person i can be so that one day i can be in a better position to help those in need.

[@cynsha]

Yes, it is a very beautiful song. Thank you for the comment! ❤

[@lakaylaharris4763]

this is a very beautiful song. the first time I heard it was when a men's choir came and sang it for my choir. it was sooo amazing. I wanted to listen to it over and over

[@soniamontecino7571]

4 DE ENERO 2020🙏♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@soniamontecino7571]

🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

[@Set5087]

Beautiful rendition. Thank you!

[@cynsha]

Thank you!

[@auldyin7939]

I found out years ago family done the same journey but lost the info, will keep looking,

[@seanbrown453]

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.

[@cynsha]

Thank you for the touching story!

[@flytamers7957]

This is the best performance of this song

[@nancyfarmer4289]

Beautiful tribute and ideals.

[@md2472]

This song is very interresting because it deals with Annie Moore who is the first Irish girl to have migrated in the Ellis Island !

[@1990animegirl1]

oh my god!!! i absolutely love your video!!! the first time i listened to this guy sing this song, i got goosebumps and it brought tears to my eyes, i'm not kidding! this is one of my top favorite celtic songs. i love Celtic Woman's version the most, but this one is incredibly beautiful! it tells an amazing story. i favorited this video, more people should listen to it!

[@ricohopper3320]

This song make me cry

[@Ghrainne]

only REAL immigrants understand this song . US Americans have no idea

[@WernersShop]

@@Ghrainne so...?

[@calwianka]

@@Ghrainne I'm an AMERICAN of Irish descent. Born in the US. This song is both beautiful and heart breaking and we DO UNDERSTAND. We were raised to LOVE our country by people descended from Irish immigrants and to have an abiding love of Ireland. Even BEFORE I became an immigrant to Peru where I live now, I understood this song and when my sons returned to the US to enlist in the Air Force and Marines the song is still deeply appreciated and I only feel it more. Why do some Irish (or others-say self deprecating Americans) have so much contempt for us Americans of Irish descent or descendants of immigrants? Do they think Americans don't understand hardship? BULLSHIT!

[@conradinhawaii7856]

@@Ghrainne In was born in Miami Florida, raised in Massachusetts, and have lived my entire life in the U.S.A. But my great grandmother came as a teenager from County Galway through Ellis in the 1890s, not long after Annie, and my dad's parents came from islands in Finland through Ellis in the early 1900s. I grew up also speaking Finnish. And I have walked onto Ellis's piers and walked through the Great Hall and seen my ancestors names engraved on the wall there, and cried there, thinking about all that they went through to come here, never to see their "Isles of Home" again. So, believe me, I most certainly DO understand the significance of this beautiful song, about Annie Moore and her experiences before and after she arrived at Ellis, and the immigrant experience. And there Many tens of thousands like me. So, sorry... but your blanket statement is a gross generality with absolutely NO basis in reality. 🇺🇸🇫🇮☘

[@torquemada3273]

@@calwianka Great reply to that silly person...Glasgow Irish here and we really do know OUR HISTORY....Slainte mo chara....Glasgow Celtic...OUR PEOPLE.

[@alexissonac5869]

This song is about the first immigrant woman to cross the threshold of Ellis Island, who is called Annie Noorelef, she was 15 year old left povrety in Ireland but but also famine and sadress. She was hopeful about her new country. The island of is qualified "Island of fears, Island to tear, Island of pain, hungry island, island of hope, Island of freedom", on this island 17 million people took refuge there. 😊

[@user-dc6tr3qe3w]

this is my favorite song

[@louisonbelard9507]

I love this song because it's very moving because it's a true story. I was mainly moved, she was a very brave girl she was only 15 years old and she left her native land lonely with her 2 brothers. This song can also learn a little more about Ireland history and about Annie Moore. Louison et Manon

[@jameskelly5465]

That me cry

[@Superstrike_11]

thank you, Berwick Academy for showing this to me in early 2012. If anyone from my class is here, I would love to hear from you again :) I'm Matthew

[@louisjnto93]

omg this video is so moving I'm tears in my eyes! the story of this 15-year-old girl, so courageous and charitable towards the life she wants to give to a brother by migrating from her country. indeed the fact that is sacrificed and all the same the main theme of the song that tells us the way the girl manages the situation through its different feelings: sadness enthusiasm .... In any case this story touches him since this and again news

[@cassiecandyflos755]

17 the song is wrong

[@seanbrown453]

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.

[@charline137]

I like this song, it’s really moving! This song tell us the story of a young girl. This girl is Annie Moore, she left her native land of Ireland with her two little brothers, with hopes for a better life. She was the first one to come to the US but she followed by millions of people

[@elisairatcabal8162]

I like this song because we can feel the emotions of Annie Moore's story. She had to leave her native land to go in the U.S with her two brother when she was just 15years old. Even if she was sad to leave Ireland, she hopes to starts a new life far from the famine.

[@cassiecandyflos755]

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[@rachelschenck7835]

My great great grandmother came to the U.S. From Northern Ireland. I don't know what year she came though.

[@sebastienvillenave1188]

I enjoy this song because tells the story of a young woman named Annie Moore. Age of only 15 years, she left her native land to join the United States. She went to Ellis Island in 1892 (the day it opened) and was the first to set foot on this land. She describes this island as the island of hope and freedom and compares it to her past. The cause of her emigration is due to her country which she characterizes as a country of famine and that she does not wish to see again even if she was very attached to it. They then closed Ellis Island with about coming through it. Agathe

[@cassiecandyflos755]

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[@yanispetit9949]

For those who do not know what this song is about : It talks about Annie Moore who was the first Irish person to go to Ellis Island in New York with her 2 brothers. This is such a beautiful song. The title of the song 'Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears' means that she was hopeful to go to N.Y. to start a new life. However, she was nostalgic and sad about leaving her native land (Ireland).

[@AishaCarroll]

I'm a sligo gaillimh woman with 2 twin children but this can't not touch my heart

[@tonyhartigan897]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@roastedlion1]

i can feel the happiness and hope of a brighter future. in the same, i share the pain of not being able to see your home again. the song is extremely sad but it is amazing abd beautiful

[@LiQiyee]

I can feel exactly the same!

[@teodytrinidad9497]

Exclusive tonight

[@adamjacobschmidt]

love it thier are tears coming from my eyes

[@conorlynch1998]

Saw Cherish The Ladies cover this in March. Incredible.

[@nina.frigge]

Beautiful song

[@melaniebonnecaze4374]

I like this music because it's talk about a girl who is 15 and she had to leave Ireland to go to America. This video touches me because it's very sad

[@camillebonneau2501]

This music IS beautiful because it's about a real story. Annie Moore can be an example for us because she is brave to leave her native land at 15 years old. This music makes us realize how lucky we are.

[@seanbrown453]

This is representative of many many people not just the Irish who had left their homeland for the chance of a better life and fear of a uncertain future in a strange land.

[@seanbrown453]

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.

[@barryrappaport4642]

Great song

[@barryrappaport67]

Amazing soundtrack and the visit to Ellis island is well worth the visit went there in 2006

[@cynsha]

Thank you!

[@johnjj7209]

Beautiful rendition. Thank you

[@severinecara5543]

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.

[@p.o.s.h.o.u1037]

Amogus.

[@cynsha]

Beautiful sentiment! Thank you!

[@ashuenow707]

It is good

[@marutz84]

January 1st, 2019 🎊🎆♥️🎉 On the first day of January 1892 They opened Ellis Island and they let the people through And the first to cross the threshold of that isle of hope and tears Was Annie Moore from Ireland who was all of 15 years Isle of hope, isle of tears Isle of freedom, isle of fears But it’s not the isle you left behind That isle of hunger, isle of pain Isle you’ll never see again But the isle of home is always on your mind In a little bag, she carried all her past and history And her dreams for the future in the land of liberty And courage is the passport when your old world disappears But there’s no future in the past when you’re 15 years Isle of hope, isle of tears Isle of freedom, isle of fears But it’s not the isle you left behind That isle of hunger, isle of pain Isle you’ll never see again But the isle of home is always on your mind When they closed down Ellis Island in 1943 17 million people had come there for sanctuary And in springtime when I came here and I stepped onto its piers I thought of how it must have been when you’re 15 years Isle of hope, isle of tears Isle of freedom, isle of fears But it’s not the isle you left behind That isle of hunger, isle of pain Isle you’ll never see again But the isle of home is always on your mind But the isle of home is always on your mind Songwriters: Brendan Graham

[@marjoriemarini2189]

Bell phonè

[@bbell125]

I have learned this song and this is one of my favourites

[@cynsha]

Thank you for the nice comment on the video. I'm going to put a link above to Brian Dunphy's album Timeless, which includes this beautiful song. It's available from CD Baby.

[@grrtcho1836]

the feat whit jony halludays is perfect

[@Thefamilyexplorers]

calming ideas in that song

[@arklow76]

I have to learn this song in school

[@sejal6054]

me too

[@tmfrezzy5040]

Same

[@kasperweglarz3187]

Same

[@juliedesouza1711]

Me too

[@helenaroth5222]

Me too

[@aaronleahy0685]

0:39 THAT STATUE IS IN MY TOWN THAT EXALT ONE NO LIE

[@jessicatabrizi3499]

This gave me tears

[@ALBUMOF2008]

I sang this song in primary school for god knows what reason as a British kid lol but the lyrics randomly came to me while I was cooking before like WTF kind of random ass recollection.

[@kellylenihan341]

moving

[@SL_Photography]

I'm from irleand

[@averagejoepro5347]

yeahh ireland

[@kiaramenos5122]

Omg this is tots fantabulous great song!!!!!

[@robertbarry9336]

Brilliant ,sad ,do we learn from history sadly no. Robert Barry

[@Thefamilyexplorers]

very calming

[@SandySalmansohn]

I didn’t think Brian Dunphy’s voice was his high.

[@alixtardiveau5857]

I am a french student in my last high school year, I studied this song in English class and I find ut really beautifull ☺️

[@badmood9819]

Alix Tardiveau The same...

[@hollyrose2462]

We learned this in school and it's so sad

[@clarageide8375]

I'am from German and I learn this song in school

[@zlen8821]

Ich auch

[@1990animegirl1]

you are very welcome. i also love his version of spanish lady, its so cool!! i can't believe i've never heard of him before! but he is a good singer! once again, love your video!

[@seanbrown453]

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

[@cynsha]

Thank you for sharing. 💔

[@marydolan587]

Immigrants have always struggled once they came to America. But with perseverance they can rise up and hope for a better life. Maybe space will be next

[@viviandaye8726]

I live next to Annie Moore in cork

[@fionawoods1730]

x Vivy is she nice

[@leahcat4]

We’re learning about immigration so we listened to this in school, don’t get me wrong, it’s lovely, but the guy’s voice startled everybody 😂

[@ilestcontent7151]

je trouve que la mélodie et tres belle

[@maureenctp5032]

Il est Content35 oui moi aussi

[@RabiaAfzalisAwesome]

Very sad song :'(

[@ChristianDuncan]

But so beautiful.

[@seanbrown525]

True it is a beautiful and sad song but slightly untrue as she wasn't alone.. She was with her two brothers and her parents were waiting for her in New York but leaving your home behind,maybe forever is gut wrenching no matter how old you are.

[@seanbrown453]

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.

[@angusmckenzie9622]

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)

[@JUST.A.HUM3N]

🥺😭😭😢😢😥🤧🤧😭

[@pepiito-xh7sg]

This music is great and interesting it touches me a lot because it’s about the 15-year-old girl named Annie Moore who is the first migrant to have been to Ellis island

[@seanbrown453]

Las rumen visited I went to see the statue

[@joyvramos]

Absolutely wonderful video. I loved it!! Thank you!!

[@Ghrainne]

you do understand it if you are an immigrant ONLY

[@julesbeteille8115]

I love this song because the history of Annie Moore, a 15 years old girl who was migrated To US from Ireland with his brothers le fantastic

[@carriep2837]

very powerful

[@suzannebolyard3393]

Beautiful!

[@SL_Photography]

I learned this in 4th class/7th grade

[@maxb2173]

My history teacher showed us the song in 7th grade :)

[@ellencarroll7309]

I learned it in 6th class

[@maxb2173]

@@alannafallon504 Yeah, I liked the unit about when we colonized France more though.

[@maxb2173]

Wait omg that was a joke I thought you sarcastically said that the great famine involved America a lot so...ok nevermind. Yeah we were learning about immigration

[@Jayiraa]

yo my boi this song is good y smoke little flowers, drink beer and lisen this song is perfect

[@sylvainarchambaud9973]

i am french it is beautiful

[@cynsha]

Thank you!

[@arelispayano8554]

what. sad

[@laptitepullipienne2862]

Sylvain Archambaud je trouve ça beau et triste à la fois 😔

[@ahmedadan1557]

when they left home they looked to the future in the land of liberty this is isle of hope isle of tears isle of freedom bet is not the isle they left behind that isle of hunger isle of pain isle you'll never see again. bet the isle of home is always on your mind. when they closed down Ellis Island in 1943, 17 million people had lived there for sanctuary