Maurice Moore (Irish republican), executed member of the Irish Republican Army (born 1894)

Maurice Moore (Irish republican)

Maurice Moore was an Irish republican who fought in the Irish War of Independence. In April 1921 Moore was executed in the military prison of Victoria Barracks after being captured in the aftermath of the Clonmult Ambush.

Irish Republican Army

Paramilitary organisations in Ireland

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various resistance organizations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dominantly Catholic and dedicated to anti-imperialism through Irish republicanism, the belief that all of…

April 28

Day of the year

April 28 is the 118th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 247 days remain until the end of the year.