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13-439: Annie Moore may refer to: Annie Moore (immigrant) (1877–1923), Irish immigrant to America, first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island Annie Carroll Moore (1871–1961), American author and illustrator Annie Carter Moore , English author Beatrix Potter 's childhood governess See also [ edit ] Ann Moore (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

26-506: A full-time solo career. In 2006, Karl Scully joined the group, replacing McDermott and Tynan. The increasingly successful blend of voices presented a nine-part television series for Ireland's RTÉ entitled The Irish Tenors & Friends . Friends performing on the television special with The Irish Tenors included Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber , Paul Carrick, Finbar Furey , Hayley Westenra , Shayne Ward , Sharon Shannon , Peter Grant , Rebecca Storm , Lucia Evans , and Celine Byrne . In 2007,

39-456: A singing trio from Ireland that was started in 1998 by a group of television producers for a PBS special The Irish Tenors . They have since recorded five PBS specials and eight albums. The group's members are Declan Kelly , Anthony Kearns and Ronan Tynan . Daniel Harte and Bill Hughes formed the idea of a trio of Irish tenors during the Cannes film festival. Harte and Hughes wanted to produce

52-584: A television special and first approached Ireland's Finbar Wright (one of Ireland's leading romantic tenors) in 1998 to join the group, but Wright's recording contract with Sony BMG prohibited such a venture. Then they invited Canadian balladeer John McDermott to head up the group and he accepted. After conferring with Ireland's leading vocal coach, Dr. Veronica Dunne , classically trained singers Anthony Kearns and Ronan Tynan were asked to join. In 1999, The Irish Tenors: Live in Dublin debuted on PBS television in

65-609: Is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Queens . Her previously unmarked grave was identified in August 2006. On October 11, 2008, a dedication ceremony was held at Calvary which celebrated the unveiling of a marker for her grave, a Celtic Cross made of Irish Blue Limestone. She had 11 children of whom five survived to adulthood, and three of them had children. The rest all died before the age of three. A woman named "Annie Moore" who died near Fort Worth, Texas , in 1924 had long been thought to be

78-455: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Annie Moore (immigrant) Moore arrived at Ellis Island from County Cork , Ireland , aboard the Guion Line steamship Nevada on January 1, 1892. Her brothers, Anthony and Philip, who journeyed with her, had just turned 15 and 12, respectively. As the first person to pass inspection at

91-452: The American dream. Annie Moore's life also inspired the song "Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears", which was written by Brendan Graham after visiting Ellis Island . The song has been performed by Ronan Tynan , The Irish Tenors , Sean Keane , Dolores Keane , Daniel O'Donnell , Celtic Thunder , Celtic Woman , Tommy Fleming and The High Kings . Things named in honour of Moore include

104-868: The Annie Moore Award, presented annually by the Irish American Cultural Institute , a utility vessel operated for the National Park Service , and a software program developed at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, Lund University in Sweden, and the University of Oxford in Britain which uses a "matching algorithm" to allocate refugees with no ties to the host country to their new homes. The Irish Tenors The Irish Tenors are

117-547: The United States. PBS signed up for another special by the increasingly popular new group, but early in 2000 McDermott's mother died and he decided he could not fully commit himself to the group. Days before PBS was to film The Irish Tenors – Live in Belfast , Daniel Harte and Hughes again contacted Finbar Wright and asked him to step in. Wright agreed to help and was asked to stay on for upcoming tour dates. Having left Sony, Wright

130-526: The newly opened facility, she was presented with an American $ 10 gold piece from an American official. Moore's parents, Matthew and Julia, had come to the United States in 1888 and were living at 32 Monroe Street in Manhattan . Annie married a son of German Catholic immigrants, Joseph Augustus Schayer (1876–1960), a salesman at Manhattan's Fulton Fish Market , with whom she had about eleven children. She died of heart failure on December 6, 1924, at age 50 and

143-603: The one whose arrival marked the beginning of Ellis Island. Further research, however, established that the Annie Moore in Texas was born in Illinois . Annie Moore is honored by two statues sculpted by Jeanne Rynhart . One stands near Cobh Heritage Centre (formerly Queenstown), her port of departure, and another at Ellis Island, her port of arrival. The image is meant to represent the millions who passed through Ellis Island in pursuit of

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156-405: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annie_Moore&oldid=1128909906 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

169-549: Was able to join the trio on a permanent basis. In 2001, the Irish Tenors filmed their third special, an historic PBS broadcast at New York's Ellis Island , hosted by Irish-American actor Martin Sheen . Their album Ellis Island topped Billboard ' s Heatseeker list and landed on its "Top 10 Best of 2001." The 2005 album Sacred features Kearns, Wright, and McDermott who rejoined the group temporarily after Ronan Tynan left to pursue

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