The New York grave of an Irish woman who was the first emigrant to pass through Ellis Island has been marked with a Celtic cross.

THE final resting place of the first immigrant through America’s Ellis Island has at last been marked — 84 years after her death.

ANNIE MOORE has achieved a significance in death that she would never have imagined possible in her lifetime. She was the first immigrant through America’s Ellis Island and her grave in New York was marked this weekend, 84 years after her death.

THE first immigrant to arrive on America’s Ellis Island over a century ago is to finally get a headstone over her unmarked grave.

RESEARCHERS have reportedly discovered the true descendants of an Irish girl who was the first person to pass through New York’s historic Ellis Island immigration centre.