Tomás Ó Flatharta

Many thanks to Marion McEvoy for letting us know the sad news. Eilish was a heroic activist in the National H Block / Armagh Campaign from 1979 to 1981. Smashing H-Block After that she supported many similar anti-imperialist causes which were not popular with the Irish establishment. In the late 1960’s Eilish worked as a nurse. When she got to know me as a political activist, she told me that she had become a great friend of my father Denis in 1968-9. He was suffering from terminal cancer. Like Eilish, he was determined to continue seeing the funny side of life.

I am sure many other friends have great memories of Eilish.

Eilish Moore ran the Meeting Place, a bastion of Dublin’s folk scene in the 1970s for many years. She came from a talented musical family which included her brothers Christy Moore and Luka Bloom (aka Barry Moore).

Condolences to all her friends, family members, feminists, socialists, and comrades. She will be missed.

John Meehan April 25 2027

Vincent Doherty adds :

Eilish was a dear friend who got me back singing and playing music. After having lost the spirit during the 1980’s she encouraged me and invited me a few times to perform at the gigs she ran in Mother Redcaps.Her son Conor loaned me a flute to get me started again and l’m incredibly indebted to Eilish and her extended family for a lot of support I hot over the years. I loved her rougish laugh and her irrevrrence towards various sacred cows. Eilish really was one of a kind.

Eilish Moore sings on RTÉ’s Late Late Show in 1988 :

https://www.rte.ie/archives/2023/0513/1379499-mother-of-all-the-moores/

Seated beside Nancy Moore in the audience is her eldest daughter Eilish, who accepts an invitation to sing. She performs a version of ‘The Work Song’ a cappella. The Work Song was written by Canadian singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle. It was first released by the American singer Maria Muldaur in 1973.

This episode of ‘The Late Late Show’ was first broadcast on 13 May 1988. The presenter is Gay Byrne.