Thomas Moore
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Thomas Moore was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist. Widely regarded in his lifetime as Ireland's "national bard", his fame and reputation rested primarily on the popularity of his Irish Melodies. In
Thomas Moore, by Thomas Lawrence
Moore as a young man
The Installation of Captain Rock by Daniel Maclise, 1834
"Terrors of Emancipation" – The Roman Catholic Relief Act, 1829
The Last Rose of Summer
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"The Last Rose of Summer" is a poem by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. He wrote it in 1805, while staying at Jenkinstown Castle in County Kilkenny, Ireland, where he was said to have been inspired by a s
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…tenants driven to the semi-insurrection of Whiteboyism. Moore continues to be remembered chiefly for his Melodies (typically "The Minstrel Boy" and "The Last Rose of Summer"). He is also recalled, less generously, for the role he is thought to have played in the destruction of the memoirs of his friend, Lord Byron. Thomas…
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Thomas Moore c 1817
Sheet music of The Last Rose of Summer