The Irish were among the "huddled masses" who glimpsed the Statue of Liberty on their way to Ellis Island in New York and the start of a new American life. They also emigrated to other countries ...

Ellis Island began receiving arriving immigrants on January 1, 1892, and history was made by a teenage Irish girl. Annie Moore - accompanied by her two younger brothers - became the first immigrant to ...

For these immigrants Ellis Island was an 'Island of Tears ... Neighbourhoods with names such as ‘Little Italy’ and ‘Irish Town’ started to appear in American cities.