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Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852) was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter and entertainer, best remembered for the lyrics of 'The Minstrel Boy' and 'The Last Rose of Summer'. The famous Moore family of Moore Hall in County Mayo descended from the Moores of Alicante, Spain, who were English in origin.
The earliest known usage of the Moore surname can be traced back to the 11th century in Leix (now County Laois), where they held a family seat as the Chiefs of Leix. Geographic Distribution. In the early days, the Moore family was primarily concentrated in the province of Leinster, specifically in County Laois.
According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Mores in Ireland were one of the chiefly families of the Loígis tribe who in turn came from the Cruthin tribe who were the first Celts to settle in Ireland from between 800 and 500 BC.
The Irish version of Moore stemmed from the name O’Mordha, O meaning the son of, and Mordha meaning proud or noble. The name O’Mordha evolved into O’Moore, and they became known as warriors who defended their territories fiercely.
Moors. Christian and Moor playing chess, from The Book of Games of Alfonso X, c. 1285. The term Moor is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim populations of the Maghreb, al-Andalus (Iberian Peninsula), Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages. [1]
An American widow’s account of her travels in Ireland in 1844–45 on the eve of the Great Famine: Ireland’s Welcome to the Stranger Sailing from New York, she set out to determine the condition of the Irish poor and discover why so many were emigrating to her home country.
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The Anglo-Norman Moores established in Ireland's province of Munster soon after the Anglo/Norman invasion are called de Mora in Irish, a phonetic rendering of the English name which is derived from the word "moor", or "heathy mountain".
