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Thomas Moore

Male : Romantic Poet, and Biographer. National songwriter of Ireland. Married Bessie Dyke, an actress, in 1811
Nationality : Irish Place of Birth : Aungier St, Dublin

Date of Birth : 1779 Date of Death : 1852 Age : 73

Pseudonyms : Thomas Brown the Younger. Thomas Little

Other Work : Lawyer

Education : Whyte's School, Dublin, Dr Carr's Latin School, Dublin & Trinity College, Dublin
1800-1810
(Trans) Odes of Anacreon (1800 John Stockdale)
The Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Little Esq
(1801 for J & T Carpenter)
(1802 for J & T Carpenter, London 2nd Ed)
A Candidate Appeal to National Confidence
(1803)
Epistles Odes and Other Poems
(1806 for James Carpenter, London) (1806 John Watts, Phila)
A Selection of Irish Melodies
(1807-34) - music by Sir John Stevenson. 2 vols
Corruption and Intolerance
(1808 Carpenter)
The Sceptic : A Philosophical Satire
(1809 Carpenter)
Irish Melodies : Vol 3
(1810 Power, London & Dublin)
A Letter to the Roman Catholics of Dublin
(1810 Carpenter)

1811-1815
Irish Melodies : Vol 4
(1811 Power, London & Dublin)
Meleologue on National Music
(1811 Dublin)
MP or the Blue Stocking
(1811 J Power, London)
Intercepted Letters, or The Two-Penny Postbag
(1813 J Carr, London) - by T B the Younger
Irish Melodies : Vol 5
(1813 Power, London & Dublin)
Irish Melodies : Vol 6
(1815 Power)
A Selection of Popular National Airs
(1815)

1816-1820
Fables for the Holy Alliance
(1816)
(Ed) The World of Westminster (1816)
Sacred Songs : Vol 1
(1816 J Power, London & Dublin)
Lines on the Death of R B Sheridan
(1816)
Lalla Rookh : An Oriental Romance
(1817 for Longman, Hurst) (1856 Longman illus ed)
The Fudge Family in Paris
(1818 Longmans)
National Airs : Vol 1
(1818 J Power)
The Works of Thomas Moore
(1819 Galignani, Paris) - 7 vols
Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress
(1819 Longman)
Irish Melodies
(1820 Power)
National Airs : Vol 2
(1820 Power)

1821-1825
Irish Melodies : Vol 8
(1821 for J Power) - W H Brooke
National Airs : Vol 3
(1822 Power)
National Airs : Vol 4
(1822 J Power)
The Loves of the Angels : A Poem
(1823 Longman, Hurst) (1823 R Rhodes, Phila)
Fables for the Holy Alliance - Rhymes on the Road
(1823 Longman) - by TB the Younger
Irish Melodies : Vol 9
(1824 J Power)
Memoirs of Captain Rock, The Celebrated Irish Chieftain
(1824 Longman)
Sacred Songs : Vol 2
(1824 J Power)
Memoirs of the Life of The Rt Hon Richard Brinsley Sheridan
(1825 Longmans)
(c1830 Longman. 5th Ed. £1.11/6) - 2 vols

1826-1830
Evenings in Greece
(1826 J Power)
National Airs : Vol 5
(1826 J Power)
The Epicurean : A Tale
(1827 Longmans)
National Airs " Vol 6
(1827 Power)
Legendary Ballads
(1828 J Power)
Odes upon, Cash, Corn, Catholics and Other Matters
(1828 Longmans)
The Poetical Works
(1829 Galignani, London)
(Ed) Letters and Journals of Lord Byron with Notices of His Life (1830 John Murray) - 2 vols

1831-1840
Evenings in Freece : The Second Evening
(1831 J Power)
The Summer Fete
(1831 J Power)
The Life & Death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald
(1831 Longmans) - 2 vols
(Ed) The Works of Lord Byron (1832-5)
(Ed) The Works of R B Sheridan (1833)
Travels of an Irish Gentleman, in Search of a Religion
(1833 Longmans) - 2 vols
Irish Melodies : Vol 10
(1834 J Power)
The Fudge Family in England
(1835 Longmans) - by TB the Younger
The History of Ireland
(1835-46 Longmans) - 4 vols
Alciphron : A Poem
(1839 John Macrone, London)
The Epicurean : A Tale with Vignette
(1839 John Macrone, London) - J M W Turner
The Poetical Works
(1840 London) - 10 vols

After 1841
The Poetical Works .. Collected by Himself
(1841 Longmans) - 10 vols
The Poetical Works
(1842 Galignani, Paris)
Irish Melodies
(1846) - Daniel Maclise
Life of Lord Byron : with His Letters & Journals
(1851 Murray) - 6 vols
The Poetical Works .. Collected by Himself
(1853 Longmans) - 10 vols
Memoirs, Journal & Correspondence
(Ed by Lord John Russell) (1853-6 Longman) - 8 vols
Notes from the Letters of Thomas Moore to His Music Publisher, James Power
(1854 Redfield, NY) - publication suppressed in London
Lallah Rookh
(1860 Routledge) - G Thomas, Pickersgill, Birket Foster, Samuel Palmer
Lallah Rookh
(1861 Longman) - Sir John Tenniel
The Poetical Works .. Collected by Himself
(1868-9 Longmans, Green) - 10 vols
Prose and Verse
(1878 Chatto & Windus)
The Poetical Works
(1910 Henry Frowde)
The Letters of Thomas Moore
(1964 Clarendon Press) - 2 vols. Edited by W S Dowden

READING
Stephen Gwynn : Thomas Moore
(1905 Macmillan)
L A G Strong : The Minstrel Boy - A Portrait of Tom Moore
(1937 Knopf, NY)
Howard Mumford Jones : The Harp that Once - A Chronicle of the Life of Thomas Moore
(1937 NY)
Miriam Allen deFord : Thomas Moore
(1967 Twayne, NY)
Terence deVere White : Tom Moore - The Irish Poet
(1977 Hamish Hamilton)

Related Writers

Edward Fitzgerald


See also

George Gordon Noel, Lord Byron
Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia