Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 98. Chapters: Classical music festivals in Ireland, Irish choirs, Irish classical musicians, Irish composers, Irish orchestras, Operas by Michael Balfe, Operas by William Vincent Wallace, Bill Whelan, Michael William Balfe, Thomas Moore, John S. Beckett, John Field, Carmel Gunning, Julie Feeney, David Flynn, Turlough Carolan, Lurline, The Rose of Castille, Charles Villiers Stanford, Foillan, Kevin Volans, Wexford Festival Opera, John Wolf Brennan, Charles Wood, Leinster School of Music & Drama, The Amber Witch, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Brian Boydell, Ulster Orchestra, Maritana, Jennifer Walshe, Eoin O'Keeffe, Seán Ó Riada, Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Michael McGlynn, The Bohemian Girl, RTÉ lyric fm, Charles Acton, John Stevenson, Dick Farrelly, Shaun Davey, Frederick May, Frank McNamara, David Wallace, The Desert Flower, List of Irish composers, Gerard Victory, Dublin Guitar Quartet, Thomas Duffet, Gráinne Mulvey, Ultan, Music Association of Ireland, Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, Saint Gall, Frank Corcoran, Sean Pol McGreevy, Aloys Fleischmann, Maol Ruanaidh Cam Ó Cearbhaill, Michele Esposito, Christian Howes, Columb Farrelly, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Josie McDermott, Augusta Holmès, Patrick Heeney, Eibhlis Farrell, Ann Buckley, RTÉ Cór na nÓg, Seóirse Bodley, Garth Knox, RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, The Maid of Artois, Herbert Hughes, Martin Mulvihill, Ina Boyle, Matthew Dubourg, James Wilson, Cora Venus Lunny, Dominic Scott, Perry Blake, Gerald Barry, Raymond Deane, Thomas Connellan, Gareth Williams, Annie Patterson, Helias of Cologne, Ian Callanan, David Catherwood, Jane O'Leary, Michael Londra, Norman O'Neill, Galway Youth Orchestra, Fiachra Trench, Conor Mitchell, Tuotilo, David Downes, Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Ronan Hardiman, Dublin Gospel Choir, Virginia Gabriel, Denise Kelly, J. Augustine Wade, Paddy Fahey, Hibernian Orchestra, James Moody, Denis ApIvor, Rhoda Coghill, Finn Ó Haughluinn, The Clerks Choral, Havelock Nelson, Dublin Choral Foundation, William Michael Rooke, The Polyphonics, Aaron Scotus, Camerata Ireland, Simon Quigley, Magrath Ó Fionnachta, National Chamber Choir, Joan Trimble, Aed Ó Finn, Cór Cois Abhann, Charles Coffey, Bray Youth Choir, Ed Reavy, James Lynam Molloy, Alicia Adélaide Needham, Discovery Gospel Choir, Nocturnes, Odoardo Barri, Kane O'Hara, Ruaidrí mac Donnchad Ó Dálaigh, New Belfast Sinfonia, University College Dublin Symphony Orchestra, John McPhillips, William Connellan, Cork International Choral Festival, Fergus Johnston, Ardee Baroque Festival, JMI - Journal of Music in Ireland, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Miss Davis, Sligo Early Music Ensemble. Excerpt: Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 - 25 February 1852) was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and The Last Rose of Summer. He was responsible, with John Murray, for burning Lord Byron's memoirs after his death. In his lifetime he was often referred to as Anacreon Moore. Thomas Moore was born at 12 Aungier-street in Dublin, Ireland, on 28 May 1779. over his father's grocery shop, his father being from an Irish speaking Gaeltacht in Kerry and his mother, Anastasia Codd, from Wexford. He had two younger sisters, Kate and Ellen. From a relatively early age Moore showed an interest in music and other performing arts. He sometimes appeared in plays with his friends, such a...