Thomas Moore

Justin Tonra (National University of Ireland)

Ed. by Ian Campbell Ross, Trinity College Dublin
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.4: Irish Writing and Culture, 400-present.
Vol. editors: Anne Markey (Dublin City University), Ian Campbell Ross (Trinity College Dublin), Eoghan Smith (Carlow College), Sinéad Sturgeon (Queen's University Belfast)

Dates

Born 28 May 1779
Died 25 Feb 1852
Activity 1799-1852

Places

Born in Ireland, Republic of (Eire)
Active in Ireland, Republic of (Eire)

Activities

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Poet

Resources

Moore's Works

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Thomas Moore was born in Dublin on 28 May 1779, the eldest son of John Moore, a modest yet respectable shopkeeper, and Anastasia Codd. Though the family survived on relatively humble means, much energy was spent on realising the aims that Anastasia had for the young Tom. Encouraged by early signs of a precocious intelligence, she secured a place for her son at one of Dublin's finest educational establishments, Samuel Whyte's English Grammar School. There, Moore was schooled in poetry, rhetoric and the performing arts, and by the time he entered Trinity College at the age of fifteen, he was already a published poet, having made several contributions to Dublin's

Anthologia Hibernica

magazine.

Moore's college career started successfully, as he regularly earned first place in his class in

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Citation: Tonra, Justin. "Thomas Moore". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 17 August 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3183, accessed 22 November 2024.]