1779–1852

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Born: May 28, 1779, Dub­lin, Ire­land.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 26, 1852, Slo­per­ton Cot­tage, Brom­ham, Wilt­shire, Eng­land.

Buried: St. Ni­cho­las church­yard, Brom­ham, Wilt­shire, Eng­land.

Biography

Thomas was the son of John Moore, a small Dub­lin trades­man.

He was edu­cated at a pri­vate school and at Tri­ni­ty Col­lege in Dub­lin.

He read for the bar at Mid­dle Temple, and held a gov­ern­ment post in Ber­mu­da for a short time. He was a well known po­et and Ir­ish na­tion­al­ist.

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