Old Moore's Almanac

This article is about the Irish publication. For the English publication, see Old Moore's Almanack.

The Old Moore's Almanac started its life as the 'Irish Merlin' in 1764. This is the cover of the 1792 Irish Merlin, it can be found at the National Library of Ireland.
This is the introductory page of the 1792 edition of the Irish Merlin. It is available at the National Library of Ireland.
This woodcut image was printed in Theophilus Moore's original editions, and has continued to appear in Old Moore's Almanac ever since.

Old Moore's Almanac is an almanac which has been published for nearly two and a half centuries. Its founder, Theophilus Moore, ran a classical academy at Milltown which was then a village near Dublin (since that time, it has been incorporated into the city). A teacher of Irish, English, Greek and Latin, he became known as a clever mathematician and a wizard of astrology, gaining the nickname 'The Irish Merlin'. He published his Old Moore's Almanac for the first time in 1764, and received such support that the other Irish almanacs gradually dwindled away. Theophilus Moore is now buried in the Drumcondra Churchyard, in Dublin, but the tradition of Old Moore's Almanac continues unbroken to this day.

The Old Moore's Almanac is not to be confused with Old Moore's Almanack (with a "k"), an English publication.