#20. MOORE
Moore Mor Moor More Mora Muir O'Moore O'Mora, O'Mordha, etc.
O'Curry references a list of 30 kings, 522 B.C to 166 A.D., from Leary Long. to Cathair Mor. We also read of a king Conaire Mor 33B.C.(5160), king Crimhthann Mor, king Ugaine Mor 633B.C. or 500B.C., historian Gilla Isa Mor 1419A.D.. O'Curry quotes another Irish historian who says the transition to surnames began about 1000A.D by law of Brian Boru.
For more on the surname MOORE try these links:
- The 'Great' Ones
Highlighting several MOORE in Ireland history: 
those Surnamed Moore [more Moore here]
- Thomas Moore, poet and author historian
- Matthew Moore, of Blackrock, Admiral
- John Moore, shoemaker, Corporal, Napoleonic Prisoner of War
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