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The Moores were a landed gentry Irish family who built Moore Hall between 1792 and 1795. The first Moore of Moore Hall was George Moore, a wine merchant, a name borne by many members of the family down the generations. The Moores were originally an
English Protestant family but some became Catholic
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Chester Gold Cup and netted £17,000 from bets laid on the horse. He used his winnings to import thousands of tons of grain and cattle to aid his tenants. It is still remembered on the Moore estate that nobody was evicted from their home for non-payment of rent during hard times, and that
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Council purchased the 80-acre site with the intent of turning it into a tourist destination. The project is being undertaken as a strategic partnership between the Mayo Council, Coillte, and the National Parks and Wildlife Service. As of 2020, the first phase of work was
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underway, and included restoration of the Walled Garden, and new visitor facilities including walkways, seating, play areas and signage. Storyboards telling the story of Moore Hall, the Moore Family and their role in the history of the Irish nation are also planned for the site.
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with a fortune of £200,000 and in 1783, bought over 12,000 acres (49 km) of land at
Muckloon, Ballycally and Killeen from Farragh Mc Donnell, and commissioned the building of the grand residence of Moore
240:. Several members of the Moore family played major parts in the social, cultural and political history of Ireland from the end of the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. The house was
295:, George went to Spain where he was admitted to the Royal Court. From the 1760s until about 1790, George Moore made his fortune in the wine and brandy trade, running his business from
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in County Galway in a similar style. It was built between 1792 and 1796, and was occupied by various members of the extended Moore family until the turn of the 20th century.
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were regular visitors to Moore Hall. George
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there were no deaths there during the Famine. George Henry is buried in the family vault at
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upon the death of George Moore, and a campaign to restore the house has been waged.
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