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Lord Mayor Sean Moore
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administration
Lord Mayor Sean Moore
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administration

Lord Mayor Sean Moore

The Right Honorable Lord Mayor of Dublin, Irish, 1913-1986
Seán Moore was born in Dublin in 1913 and grew up in Irishtown, Dublin. He was educated at the Vocational School in Ringsend and University College Dublin where he received a diploma in Social and Economic Science. He worked as an official with the Alliance and Dublin Consumers' Gas Company before becoming involved in politics. Moore first became involved in politics in 1950 when he was elected to Dublin City Council, a position he would hold until 1979. He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1963–64. Moore was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) on his third attempt at the 1965 general election, representing the Dublin South-East constituency in the 18th Dáil