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Limerick County Club was formed on 27 March 1813 as a gentlemen’s social club for the benefit of the landed gentry, military officers, bankers, lawyers and other high-ranking professionals of Limerick city and county. The club premises were located in a town house on George’s Street (now O’Connell Street) and provided dining facilities, sleeping accommodation and spacious drawing rooms for meetings and social interaction. The building remained in use by the club until 1897, when it was leased to the Augustinian order, whose church adjoined the club house.

The Moynehall estate in county Cavan was granted by the Crown in 1629 jointly to Abigail Moigne née Dodd, widow of Thomas Moigne, Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral; her son Captain Roger Moigne; and her brother-in-law John Greenham. Three years later, Abigail and John released their right to and interest in the lands to Roger. When Roger was slain in the Siege of Drogheda in 1641, his three daughters became jointly entitled to the Moynehall estate. The eldest, Abigail, married Major Nicholas Moore and in 1698 settled her part of the Moynehall estate on her descendants. Samuel Moore the elder (d. 1848) was her great-great-great-grandson. He married Frances Nesbitt of the Lismore family in 1809. Their son Colonel Samuel Moore lived at Rockville and married his first cousin Louisa Nesbitt in 1849. They had an only child, Frances, who in 1883 married Captain Ernest Edward Cator Nevile of Yorkshire.

In 1794, the Moores leased Moynehall to Samuel Adams, whose descendants remained in possession until 1857, when the property was advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. In 1876, Moynehall belonged to John Fay. Today, it is home to the Backyard Arts and Cultural Centre.

The National Council of Women of the United States was founded in 1888 by the social reformer and pioneering women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony to work for the advancement of of issues concerning women, including the right to vote. It is an affiliate of the International Council of Women (ICW).

An amateur ballet company founded by Joan Denise Moriarty in 1947.

A professional ballet company established in Cork under Joan Denise Moriarty's direction and funded by the Arts Council. Originally named the Irish Ballet Company, it was renamed Irish National Ballet in 1984. In the same year, the Arts Council commissioned a report on dance in Ireland. The report was highly critical of the ballet company and the ensuing controversy resulted in Moriarty's resignation in September 1985. In 1988, the Arts Council halved the dance company's budget, forcing it to disband in 1989.