George Moore
Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist (1852-1933) · Ireland · On the map · Writers · Died at 80
George Augustus Moore was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a landed family of Catholics who lived at Moore Hall in Carra, County Mayo. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s.
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The ruins of Moore Hall: abandoned after being burnt down by the IRA in 1923
A drawing of George Moore in Paris by Édouard Manet
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George Moore lived at No. 4 Upper Ely Place at the start of the 20th century
Portrait of Moore (1905). Housed at National Gallery of Ireland
George Moore by Édouard Manet, 1879About this person
There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
