New Grounds - Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears {Celtic Woman}{Lyrics}

[@rivvy_bear]

This song has such meaning to me since I am a direct descendant of Annie Moore. This song puts me in tears because I always dream of getting to Ireland to see where my family came from.. such a beautiful song, one of my favourite ones about "home".

[@RhythmicIllusions]

On a trip to Ireland a few weeks ago, we heard this song performed in a 450-year old pub in the countryside outside Dublin. The singer, an amazing baritone, had tears in his eyes as he sang the lyrics. I think I'll forever link this song with memories of Ireland when I hear it.

[@xxirisheyesxx1]

Im from ireland and i live there and we learn this song at school. this song just makes me think of all the people that had to leave their families and their homes. :(

[@cyb3rN1K0]

Oh my gosh same

[@kayannaottaway3381]

xxirisheyesxx1 xxirisheyesxx1 What other songs do you love over there? Getting songs set for a performance and we are collecting Irish songs.

[@andreabuenaventura]

This reason i searched this up was cuz i literally just came outta school from listening to it since today is the Famine Memorial Day (13 of May) But r.i.p to all those who lost their friends, family and animals due to the famine 😭🫶💜🫰 Im from Ireland too

[@doireannlynch]

SAME

[@weasley2o13]

Some of them chose to leave. Doesn't make it any easier but still.

[@sokandueler9578]

My great Great Grandfather was I believe among the first 100 people to arrive in Ellis Island. I listened to this song on Spotify while hiking in the woods and the aesthetic almost brought me to tears. I want to visit Ireland sometime

[@ceecee130847]

Do go to Ireland if you ever can. It is the most beautiful place. The people are lovely and Dublin is very diverse which was nice for me as I'm used to London, born and live in London with Irish a few generations back. I hope you make it.

[@bridgetbuchan1786]

I am 4th generation Irish immigrant I heard when I was 15 and I couldn’t stop crying Ireland is in my blood and soul and I feel great pride in the that

[@arbitraryimagines]

I started crying the first time they said “the isle of home is always on your mind;” the song is so hopeful and so full of longing at the same time.

[@sivanlevi3867]

The perfect song to connect to America's past, and the past lives of thousands, no, millions of people from way back when. And this is why I love Celtic Woman! Absolute, primal, awesome!

[@MsAsangel]

This song is heart wrenching & beautiful. The solo on the bohemian bagpipe is haunting.

[@16semiquavers]

Uilleann pipes!

[@mollyxox1332]

A girl at my school did this for her Scór Na Páisti solo 2 years ago. I forgot all about this song until one of my friends sung it for fun at school a few weeks ago. Great song. Singer sounds like a Disney princess

[@abegailnamuag9709]

When you work overseas you can really relate with this song. "But thw Isle of Home is always on your mind." God bless everyone, especially for those who sacrifice their selves to work abroad just to find a better life.

[@philomenamcmillan6043]

the immigrant this song was written about... Annie Moore is a direct descendant to my family, I can't stop listening to this song, very hard times in those days and I am glad that there has been recognition to this in the words to this song

[@Nymeria23]

Tá a fhios agam an mothú mo theaghlach immigrated agus bhí a fhios mo grandma Annie Moore a hainm a bhí Loretta kenny a dhéanann an t-amhrán dom chailleann abhaile go mór

[@Nightingale0666]

You mean you're a direct descendant. She's your ancestor.

[@tiana2325]

We learned this song in 8th grade and so many memories passed by. I will never forget this song

[@mymygrandma7125]

Mine came from Norway to Ellis Island. I bawl like a baby thinking about what they went thru and how all following generations owe a debt of gratitude for that which they indured.

[@rachelleroady6400]

You have to also remember there was a huge reason for our ancestors to leave their homes that they left behind to me the the song Tumi resonates because they had to leave their home because I love hope it's also the Isle of America America is there hope for Ireland and Pacific time after the Potato Famine and everything you know but I love hunger I'll pain I'll never see again but the Isle of home is always on our mind what that mean because I'm an set my ancestors are also Irish think about it if you see through Ireland's history and especially the really awful part of the history going especially back towards the Potato Famine and yeah then the really awful parts Ireland's history yeah the reason for them immigrating to America is very much abundantly clear America was their island of Hope and so was Ellis Island the Isle of Hope was more than just Ellis Island it was America itself it was their hope there's the chance for a new beginning a new start to leave their home to leave everything they loved behind Heritage their family everything it was half their Isle of Hope was there new beginning the Isle of Tears was their Homeland throw Ellis Island was the bridge between those two part it was the meeting ground between their old Homeland and their new beginning their new home in America and you know I'm proud to be an American I'm proud to have ancestors that came from Ireland I'm proud to have ancestors that have immigrated and my greatest from places around the world and that I'm unique I'm unique weird quirky I'm me so that's what I have to say that's my comment that's how I feel when it comes to the song I know I've left the many others many comment bring them know that matches my Irish heritage but my other parts of my Heritage all my mother side of the family which is where we have of course Irish German ancestors and Sweden ancestors and also Native American ancestors on my father's side I have also said in many of the other comments that I've left others that I have on his side of the family French and English ancestors on his side so that's great too but you know it's wonderful to even have ancestors that have migrated and took the liberty of making a better life for themselves that their time all those eons ago back in their time and I'm proud for them for doing so I guess I better not have this long-winded I have a bad neck of doing that you know anyhoo I best be saying goodnight and goodbye.

[@DreemyDreemz]

I don't know what it is, but music keeps teaching me about people in history I would have never known before. I haven't been taught about Alexander Hamilton (He wasn't even mentioned before) and now Annie Moore yet (also never mentioned). I'm gonna be ahead of my class if we ever learn about her. Either way, it doesn't matter to me *how* old this song is, I love it!

[@cmcgrew98]

Yeah, I never even knew about Annie Moore until I heard this song just now!

[@RioDancesOnTheSand]

I was born in and grew up in the North of England, with Irish-Welsh ancestry on my paternal family side, and Scots-English on my maternal. While most of my mothers very small family is still alive and/or I've had the chance to meet them, I know very little about my Dad's family. I do know his mother was from a big Irish-Catholic family, and that some of them probably emigrated. This song gave me the kick up the arse to join gene-reunited and trace them. :)

[@bigred7509]

we sang this one year in my choir cause our theme was Ireland. I loved it then and i love it now :)

[@maebell11]

I love Celtic music and totally wish I was Irish! That would be cool...

[@wgs1960]

You cannot feel what all how came looking for hope. Hope is a dream of what we can be. I am proud of my ancestors how had the courage to come and dream.

[@melodyyoung5293]

it sent shivers up and dwon my arms!!! New FAVORITE celtic women's song!!! :)

[@janfigar2588]

Don't dream about going there, just go.!! I am Czech living in Canads, I went back to see my old country, it is an eye-openning experience. Travel, it is worth it

[@Beachclub463]

Long live Ireland and the beautiful Irish people❤. Thank you for being real and kind humans, you are amazing💖🍉💖.

[@erinmacarthur7336]

This is a beautiful tribute to the people who were the first Irish immigrants to head to new York city. Love u celtic woman 🥰🎭🤗

[@Ezria_b26]

Listened to it at class and loved it from the first second.. ♥

[@ednamode8129]

Ana S. Did you go to Saint Barnabas?

[@spigosaur]

Same!

[@lou6001]

Ana S. Same

[@Tumblrboi]

Ana S. Me too

[@MsPurplefluff]

My whole class that are doing score are singing it, i love it so much its the perfect song for the book ''Under the Hawthorn Tree''

[@stickwarlegacygamingbois9743]

Same for mine

[@doireannlynch]

Same lol

[@benjaminfordjour8173]

It so sad to read under the Hawthorne tree when they were starving and when Bridge died its so sad so then my teacher put on this song and half of my class was crying and we also watched the movie of under the Hawthorne tree 😥😥😥

[@TheLadyLionheart]

One of my great great grandfathers came to America with his family to escape the famine and disease in Ireland. Someday, I hope I can go back to Ireland, where my family came from. This song makes me hopeful that I will get to go there. :) I'm so proud of my Irish blood.

[@jilly_bean12]

Man, I wish I was Irish. I love their culture so much!!❤❤ I have some Irish in my blood from my dad's side, so that's a start. I guess lol😂😂

[@auldyin7939]

This makes you feel grateful ,that your great great grandfather moved his children to Glasgow while his wife looked after the farm and cattle back in Dungloe, They gave up everything for us to be here Today. Love them.great

[@corjp]

I am not of Irish descent but I love Ireland very dearly and we have made it our pleasure to go there at least 3 times a year since 2007. When I hear this song I tear up and cannot keep it dry.

[@punkkitten63]

I saw them live last night, and they performed this song, and it was absolutely beautiful. I almost cried.

[@gabriellekurmauskaite6681]

Whenever I hear this song it makes me wonder how the past was like... And since we were learning about the famine in class I fell in love with this song.. Love The Irish

[@cherihoffer1129]

Do they now teach the fact that there was no shortage of food grown in those years? That it was only the potato crops that failed, but there was grain 'a plenty--which the English shipped all of back to England. Nowadays it would be known as ethnic cleasing.

[@meadhbh6]

This makes me cry every time... it reminds me of my grandad :,(

[@saiyanwarriorVegeta]

I love this vid. It speaks so true to the American dream and the courage it took to start our beautiful country

[@ronnynorthington2015]

being of scotch Irish decent this music touches my soul, I've never even laid eyes on the lands of my ancestry but I feel the connection threw this brand of song, music and dance...

[@sokandueler9578]

Ronny Northington sane, I’m Irish, Russian, Jewish, and Cherokee mostly, but I feel for the Irish side most.

[@emptyspacejump]

this song makes me loving ireland even more ♥

[@judithfeldman4714]

Very beautiful.. poignant! Music and theme exceptional...thank you for sharing.

[@luisek.1660]

I can´t speak english very well but this beautiful song needs support. It´s so amazing when you listening to these you feel like the immigrants in this time. Just awesome :)

[@plasmasnow22]

I've been looking for this song for years after hearing it for the first time in a music video a few years ago. I cannot believe I finally happened upon this on ACCIDENT!

[@annieluvangel]

i love this song, so touching and warm

[@Ynvrrd]

If a dog is born in a stable, does it make it a horse? I'm Irish, born and bred here. But I still consider Americans to be just as Irish as us. You must remember that under the Penal laws we were banned from embracing anything seen as "Irish culture", the Americans kept our traditions up, and to a certain extent, are more Irish than us.

[@aislingheneghan5685]

Jamie how can someone not born in ireland be more irish than the people who were born in ireland

[@sokandueler9578]

We weren’t so lucky, I didn’t know I had Irish blood until I was 11, and that just because my mom offhandedly mentioned that her grandfather was proudly Irish.

[@ladynebulawolf4180]

I love this song and the concert for this was so beautiful. Sadly I can't watch where I am but I have the dvd so that's a plus.

[@kaylamoore1541]

Beautiful song loved it at first sight

[@fruitsbasketissweet]

Every time I hear this song, or anybody by them, I always get chills

[@inflixkids9800]

my music teacher put this on and i loved it from the dirst second I heard it♡♡♡☆☆☆☆¤¤

[@nala498]

I wish I was Irish i love their culture I might be a little Irish from my father side (being that his father is a descendant of Norway)

[@abicasserly2361]

Nala It’s great! ☘️ 🇮🇪 But I am sure your culture is just as good and your country 😂

[@saoirsemckenna6328]

Ireland is the garden of the world: amazing but I sometimes wish to be from other cultures. Ur culture is where u belong 💕

[@graceprout9858]

I’m proud to be Irish not only for the songs but it’s just fun and when people know you Irish then it’s way funnier

[@dc.gamedesigner33]

I have Irish in me and alot of my cousins are Irish. And one day i plan on traveling

[@franu.8342]

As soon as the video started 3rd grade memories came rushing back. 😭

[@GhostMoonWolf13]

love this song its so beautiful and pure

[@kamillebryant5104]

I had to SING this song in my 2nd period class!!! I had to sing it TWICE!!!!!

[@p3aoh161]

Same it sucks balls

[@tcratty15]

I wish I could have

[@irishcolleen54]

to the two who commented on not being Irish unless you were born there shame on you...your ancestors fled Ireland in the famine and came here so that their families could survive and live and to tell them that their children born here are not Irish because they weren't born in Ireland is horrible and degrading to their memory. SHAME ON YOU

[@sharonm1990]

Horrible, bitter little people x☘☘

[@RekEStore32]

I'm working now on a family history report, and this song just brought tears to my eyes.

[@lightangel123ful]

this song is is amazing it makes me proud to have irish blood in me.

[@littlemisssuper1]

im irish, and my friend is singing this for a talent show. This song makes me proud to be irish.

[@lukekim6581]

Jesus! it's a beautiful n grace too much..

[@textman75]

this song is so good i listened to it in school i love it we are doing something with the immigrants

[@hufflepuffunicorn4411]

My friend just sung this in a concert for her vocal coach and it sounded amazing

[@luanagacha6445]

We are currently learning this song and the history of Ellie's island in English. I'm from and in Germany

[@jordancrago5129]

I'm a British Born South African (lived there since the age of 7) and Africa has the same effect, it becomes part of your heart and who you are. Been back in the UK for about 9 months, but it just doesn't feel like that, I'm sure it did at one point but it doesn't anymore.

[@MariaRippie-hf8hj]

I love this song and a lovely women who sing it. But I loved the original video I found a few years ago, that shows here but only instrumental. Still I love this song and God bless all these women

[@gigicats6]

Beautifully said.

[@CanadianGirl2181]

This song makes me some proud to have the blood of the Irish in my veins! 🇮🇪💚☘️ Also, yes I am a redhead pure natural redhead

[@Bbandtex2234]

i had to sing this at my fall conceart as a 6th grader and plus with the 7th 8th and the entire highschool choir is was amazing some of the parents were crying its a awesome song

[@NoseyNana]

Well thanks to this song, I now know my Irish g-grandmother's family didn't come through Ellis Island as she was born in Canada in 1852. There was a great potato famine previous to that, very interesting to read what happened to the Irish because of that. Also, there's a confliction on the facts in this song. Officially Ellis Island was closed 11/12/1954, not 1943 as in the song, so maybe they stopped Irish entry previous to that? Ellis Island only quotes 12M entries versus 17M in this song. I'm just guessing it's easier to access the facts & statistics now through the proliferation of the internet than it was when this song was composed. But no joke on the few items they were able to bring with them. I would sure like to see some pictures of how they were accommodated during their voyage, where they slept, how they moved around, ate etc. If you look at pics of some of the ships, it sure wasn't like what they showed in the Titanic movie. However back then, these immigrations were legal as you can find ship registries on your ancestors, stuff like age, port they sailed from, country of origin, even money in their possession. I believe the US also had quotas as to how many people from each country we would accept. Ellis Island even maintains their own registry, last I checked it was independent from other genealogy sites & was free w/registration.

[@TheJer1963]

Annie was also 17 years old when she arrived on the SS Nevada on December 31, 1891 along wit her 15 year old brother Anthony and 12 year old Philip. Their parents were at Ellis Island waiting for them. Annie got married and had 10 children before dying on December 6, 1924 at the age of 50. The song is off a bit but I sure do like it.

[@kayannaottaway3381]

Nana Ann It served as the nation’s major immigration station from 1892 to 1924, after which its role was reduced; during that period an estimated 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island , where they were processed by immigration authorities and obtained permission to enter the United States. After immigration reception was moved to New York City proper in 1943, Ellis Island continued to serve as a detention station for aliens and deportees until 1954. and was reopened to sightseers in 1976 by the National Park Service. The Main Building and other structures on the island were restored in the 1980s and opened in 1990 as the Ellis Island Immigration Museum.

[@iloveteruteru11037]

i have summoned to say that this is the best song ever

[@courtneypete]

Im irish and ive visited ireland and its just soo much pretty than what Ive seen of the US. I wish i lived there.

[@thetopdollmodel]

I just got a solo for this song! and heres a little fact : Annie moore was not the first to cross, a girl named Ellie was and i know this because i looked at the sign in type thing paper

[@Skinless1347]

😭..I-I'm so proud...😊😄😌🇨🇮🇺🇸

[@luciebarraud3501]

I loved this song

[@stefanbuzurin3340]

Do you wanna go on a trip with me ?

[@luciebarraud3501]

@@stefanbuzurin3340 always where ?

[@stefanbuzurin3340]

1+1=3

[@audriusjanusauskas2874]

this song is a good song and a lovely song

[@carmenlad4067]

proud to be irish!

[@awsmninja]

im addicted to this song

[@loganwilliams2868]

I love the celtic Woman and soon I will be able to meet them I hope I admire all of them and I sing similar to you guys and I do a great job said one of the biggest fans that is my aunt

[@NicknameKatniss]

It is so nice!!! I love that song.

[@1Vampireand1angel]

this reminds me of my ancestors who came from wales and ireland =)

[@sunnimouser8061]

I am part Irish so I am proud to here this song in started crying

[@cassumii3665]

My teacher played this and I LOVED it! So I played it at home where it is quieter I noticed how sad this song sounds ....... But it is still a GREAT song!!! :)

[@majellamadden5307]

I love this song

[@laraghfogarty7801]

That song is my fav great singers

[@MrCubajoe]

Beautiful song ☘️✊☮️

[@mrtire04861]

Beautiful

[@destinygiovannacampos234]

I'm learning that song in music class

[@jordancrago5129]

This song is pretty much how I feel, though it's two different countries for me. I was moved to South Africa at the age of 7, and I loved it. Somehow the Red Dirt and the Wide Open Field's of Yellow became part of who I was. I felt like I truly belonged there, but 9 months ago I left because of the social tension, the poverty, the terrible economic situation for England. And though life is so much easier, it's not home and it never will be.

[@Saph3939]

when someone who was born in America and says they are Irish it is because their ancestors come from Ireland and they therefore have Irish blood and were probably raised with that culture in mind. My friends are Irish, and even though they were born in America they celebrate certain Irish holidays and customs to maintain their heritage. I am not Irish myself, but I am Italian, French, Scottish and Polish and I consider myself a part of those cultures as well as the American culture.

[@DawnzeenaMcGill]

OMG! okay, so I love this song, but the first time I heard it was in an HTTYD fan video series and I thought that the song went "On the first day of January 1892 they opened an Asylum" not "On the first day of January 1892 they opened Elis Island" LOL! I really like this song though, partly because my family has Irish blood in it and a lot of my ancestors passed through Elis Island.

[@rebeccapanella5862]

I think the pictures fit the meaning of the song very well

[@sarahcorrigan3601]

New Grounds - Isle Of Hope, Isle Of Tears Celtic Women

[@sundarpanday3315]

I saw in a novel name reincarnated with the strongest system after that day I never forgot it It is one of my favorite songs of all time

[@acr4ever530]

I'm learning this song for homework

[@packiecoyle8181]

For all the people that don't know the song is about the time people had to leave the Isle of tears (Ireland) to go for a better life in the Isle of hope (America) alot of Irish primary schools and other schools are learning it

[@thewolfmanzach]

this is a great song i cried when i first heard this

[@CKrudzish]

It is amazing and beautifull song, but what with the people who lived there before...

[@abicasserly2361]

Listened to it in class and loved it, my new fav song! Hi saoirse, ur probably reading comments and looking at this 😂

[@Saph3939]

I love this song, it is so pretty. I went to Ellis Island once and it was quite interesting, I would suggest going there if you haven't. The boat ride over there was quite nice too, but I would highly suggest you don't go during the winter because it was bitterly cold.

[@lolitazirasta1278]

I like this :-)

[@taylorkiely6675]

Ahh choir this was the only song that i liked Irish blood im me

[@RevFrJoel1]

My grandparent arrive at Ellis Island on January 30, 1920 from Rooski Ireland.

[@sokandueler9578]

Rev. Joel Osborne 1898 I believe, Belfast

[@rachelleroady6400]

Wow really I don't know that much about my Irish ancestors where they were at where they landed first but I imagine they might have landed on Ellis Island like your ancestors who knows maybe y'all everybody that of course I have seen that had like this and submitted in KZbin you know that I of course gave him a like to their replies because I feel so strongly I really love the song I'm not fooling I'm serious I really love the song and I'm not going to have this long-winded as a bad habit of doing that so I'm just going to leave you with the simple message with what I left and say have a blessed day and goodbye until next time.

[@MarthaStout0202]

Powerful!

[@MarliesBoel]

Wish i was irish, my Home away from Home :-)

[@jeffrefourmile8271]

Ireland politics suck but decent country non the less (im irish

[@chirtan2369]

it so sad to me i live in texas the usa i am singing it on ventren day that when we rember we they fought for are freedom

[@kerihamill7938]

i LOVE this song!!!!!!

[@char_shine]

I'm part Irish, but I still would love to go to Ireland someday.

[@rachelleroady6400]

I can agree on my own terms that I would love to see Ireland and see were my ancestors were from learn more about my ancestors than and things like that one more about my heritage that would be wonderful also go to the other places where I have Heritage to that would be wonderful as well learn more about my ancestors learn more about who I am where I my ancestors came from that would be swell to learn more about my ancient part of my family past history of my family anywho I must be getting other things done much things to do so little time I must say goodbye and have a blessed day.