(O)More;
Variant Spellings; Moir, Moore, More, Moreen, Morey, Muir.
Moore is a very common name in both England and Ireland and the Moores of Ireland are descended from Gaelic and English roots. The Norman Moores were called de Mora in Irish while the Gaelic Moores were O Mordha. Mora is derived from moor, a heathy hill, while Mordha meant stately or noble.
Although today the name can be found mainly in Ulster and Munster, the main Gaelic sept comes from County Leix where they were the leading sept of the 'Seven Septs of Leix'.
Rory O’More (d.1557) and his son Rory Og O’More were prominent in the Tudor wars, while another Rory O’More was a leader of the 1641 rebellion.
Thomas Moore (1779-1852) the poet and songwriter came from a Wexford family, while George Henry Moore (1810-1870) the politician and his two sons George Moore (1852-1933) the novelist, and Col. Maurice Moore (1854-1939) author and Nationalist came from County Mayo.
Rev. Michael Moore (1640-1726) was the only Catholic Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. The family name of the Earls of Drogheda is Moore though they are relatively late arrivals in the country as they came over during the reign of Elizabeth 1.
The motto of the Moores is 'Conlan Abu'.
Coat of Arms
(O)Moore
Where the Family Lived (Blue Area)
Addresses for More Information
Ireland
Centre for Irish Genealogical and Local Studies, Carraig, Cliff Road, Windgates, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. (Sean Murphy, MA, Director)
General Register Office, 8-11 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 671 1000
Website http://www.doh.ie/manual/chap4/gere.htm
National Archives, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 478 3711
National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 603 0200
Website www.heanet.ie/natlib
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 66 Balmoral Street, Belfast BT9 6NYY, Northern Ireland
Telephone (01232) 251319.
Website http://proni.nics.gov.uk/index.htm
University College Dublin, Adult Education Office, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Website http://www.ucd.ie/delltti
Britain
Family Records Centre, London, England.
Website http://pro.gov.uk/about/frc/default.htm
Public Records Office, Kew, Surrey, England.
Website http://www.pro.gov.uk
General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Website http://www.open.gov.uk/index.html
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales.
Website http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.htm
North America
Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints, Family History Information, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Website http://lds.org/en/ 2 how do I begin/0- how do I begin.html
Family Tree Maker’s Genealogy Site
Website http://www.familytreemaker.com/index.html
The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA), P.O. Box 619 Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.
Website http://tiari.ie
Irish Genealogical Society International, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Website http://www.rootsweb.com irish/index.html
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston Massachusetts, USA.
Website http://nehgs.org/main-01.htm
Australasia
Genealogical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Website http://www.alphalink.com/au/esv
National Archives of Australia, Canberra, Australia.
Website http://www.aa.gov.au/AA_WWW/AA_Home_Page.html
National Archives of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
Website http://www.archives.dia.gov.nz
List of Links
Cyndi’s List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet: Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Website http://www.cyndilist.com/ireland.htm
UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service.
Website http://www.genuki.org.uk
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