On Nov. 12, 1954, a main entry point into the United States was closed as immigration station, detention center.

Lewis Hine was in his late 20s, and only in New York City for a few years, when he and his camera were drawn to Ellis Island in the early 1900s. The Irish were still coming (such as the laborer ...

The memorial sits facing the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. It was officially opened by former Irish President Mary McAleese in 2002. Stones from Ireland’s 32 counties are used in the hard ...

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 ...

A popular off-Strip casino is undergoing a $35 million makeover. The multimillion-dollar project at Ellis Island will expand the gaming floor and include several additions to the property ...

Stormont ’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has participated in the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at Belfast City Hall – the ...

A feat of 19th-century technical engineering and a beacon for immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the statue can be admired from several different vantage points around Manhattan, including ...

Review: The Ireland’s most celebrated sibling band arrive as if they had something to prove and defiantly remind fans why ...

Trace the original street grid of Manhattan in 1667 and physically touch some of the oldest remnants of New York City like an ...

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