Background
Moore was born at Ticnock, Cobh, County Cork in 1897.
Moore was born at Ticnock, Cobh, County Cork in 1897.
In April 1921 Moore was executed at Cork City Gaol after being captured in the aftermath of the Clonmult Ambush. His family had strong republican connections and he joined Irish Volunteers in Cobh in 1916. He was later involved in the capture of Cloyne RIC barracks and numerous other actions of the local Ireland Republican Army against British crown forces.
In February 1921 Moore was one of a flying column of over 20 Ireland Republican Army men billeted in an old farmhouse at Clonmult, near Midleton under Commandant Diarmuid Hurley.
They were tracked down and surrounded by a company of the Hampshire Regiment of the British Army and RIC, Black and Tans and Auxiliaries. In the ensuing gunfight 12 of the republicans were killed and eight captured, including Maurice Moore.
The group were given a military courtmartial and all were sentenced to death.
As a member of the Cobh Company of the Ireland Republican Army Moore took part in the capture of Carrigtwohill Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) barracks which was the first police barracks captured by republicans in the War of Independence.