We (Irish!) grew up learning all about Ellis Island, there’s a very famous song - Isle of hope, Isle of tears - give it a listen! A lot of our ancestors travelled over to the island, the first immigrant was Annie Moore from Co. Cork. The famine (Gorta Mor - meaning great hunger) is estimated to have caused around 1 million deaths due to starvation and another 1 million fled Ireland. Between 1845-55 another 2 million fled. Blight affected the potato crops in Ireland as we relied on potatoes as the main food source. But as we were under English occupation and forced to ship out all other food supplies we grew (land owners were the British) like grain.. essentially forcing the Irish to starve. I think it’s why we have always had such a large emigration - many still leave to go to America, Australia ect but we can still feel at home given that out ancestors would’ve travelled to these countries already. It was great to see you visit the island and appreciate it, it was also nice to see the respect shown. We spend so much of our school years learning about it and it’s always a bit of a shock to me that it isn’t often discussed in British schools! Thank you for the vlog, it was lovely to watch! 💚 x
@@HolidayWithTheHeathers it is, but great too see people visiting the isle and learning! you respected the island so well and gave us lots of inside info - really enjoying the vlogs 💜
Hi I hope you are doing well. My grandparent's on my mother side came thru ELLIS ISLAND 1899-1901 I think. Do you knoe will be campers at cgt when I visit on 7/1/24? long live CGT
Wow! Really? What a small world lol. We loved Ellis Island. Would definitely visit again. Unfortunately I have absolutely no idea which campers will be returning this summer. Jessica and myself will not be attending this summer but hoping to return for winter Camp 😀
We (Irish!) grew up learning all about Ellis Island, there’s a very famous song - Isle of hope, Isle of tears - give it a listen! A lot of our ancestors travelled over to the island, the first immigrant was Annie Moore from Co. Cork. The famine (Gorta Mor - meaning great hunger) is estimated to have caused around 1 million deaths due to starvation and another 1 million fled Ireland. Between 1845-55 another 2 million fled. Blight affected the potato crops in Ireland as we relied on potatoes as the main food source. But as we were under English occupation and forced to ship out all other food supplies we grew (land owners were the British) like grain.. essentially forcing the Irish to starve. I think it’s why we have always had such a large emigration - many still leave to go to America, Australia ect but we can still feel at home given that out ancestors would’ve travelled to these countries already.
It was great to see you visit the island and appreciate it, it was also nice to see the respect shown. We spend so much of our school years learning about it and it’s always a bit of a shock to me that it isn’t often discussed in British schools! Thank you for the vlog, it was lovely to watch! 💚 x
Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Your correct it is a shame we don’t learn enough about Irish history in English schools. ☺️
@@HolidayWithTheHeathers it is, but great too see people visiting the isle and learning! you respected the island so well and gave us lots of inside info - really enjoying the vlogs 💜
Another amazing video guys! Making us want to get back to NYC! ❤
Thank you! We are really pleased you enjoyed this video. We love NYC ☺️ xxx
Hi Jess and Wayne great vlog my dad came from Ellis island xx
Thank you so much. We absolutely loved the island and cannot wait to return xx
Hi I hope you are doing well. My grandparent's on my mother side came thru ELLIS ISLAND 1899-1901 I think. Do you knoe will be campers at cgt when I visit on 7/1/24? long live CGT
Wow! Really? What a small world lol. We loved Ellis Island. Would definitely visit again. Unfortunately I have absolutely no idea which campers will be returning this summer. Jessica and myself will not be attending this summer but hoping to return for winter Camp 😀