Thomas Moore

statue of Thomas Moore, 1779-1852, Trinity Green, Dublin, Irish composer poet, translator, balladeer and singer. He was educated at Trinity College; His work included The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls, Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms, The Meeting of the Waters. His ballads were published as Moore's Irish Melodies (commonly called Moore's Melodies) in 1846 and 1852. Moore is considered Ireland's National Bard and is to Ireland what Robert Burns is to Scotland. The traffic island that the statue shares with a public toilet has long been known as 'The Meeting of the Waters', thus neatly honouring both the civic facility and a famous poem.