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Moore was secretary of the King's County Committee of Education. This committee was set up to administer and encourage the provision of technical and vocational education in skills such as cookery, metal work and wood work. Technical classes were established by the provision of capitation grants. These classes would provide young people with vocational and trade skills necessary to gain employment. It was here that young people could be prepared to accredited technical examinations.

Manuscript copy correspondence book of R. H. Moore, Hon Sec of Offaly County Committee of Technical Education. Banagher Sub-Committee. Includes also copy correspondence of 13th Oct 1929, with E. J. Delahunty, Secretary of Offaly Joint Committee of Education, regarding the appointment of teachers and supervision of classes.

School exercise book containing handwritten summaries of Literary, Geographical and Historical Readers. Marked 1911, 1912, 1928.

Typed notes detailing names of stewards, starters, Judges, Hon. Sec. of Banagher Regatta.

Draft handwritten circular to landlords appealing for their involvement in increasing the amount of relief money granted by the Local Authority under the Relief Scheme.

Draft ms letter from R. H. Moore, Banagher, to President Cosgrave at Leinster House, Dublin. Gives details of expenditure of £400 from the Relief Scheme Vote.

Typewritten Memo from Proinsias Bulfin T. D. informing that he shall see the Minister for local Government about the application by Banagher Improvement Association under the Relief Fund Scheme.

Draft letter from R. H. Moore, Secretary of Banagher Improvement Association to D. O'Keefe Esq., Commissioner Tullamore, referring to requests for grant of an additional £300 from Relief Scheme to 'cope with the acute distress here'.

Typed letter of 20th November 1926 of E. J. Delahunty, Secretary Offaly Joint Committee of Technical Education to R. H. Moore regarding enrolment for classes at Banagher. Letter notes that the small enrolment for Miss O'Mahoney's classes 'raise a very serious question regarding the continuance of the school as a Technical School'. With typed note of 13th December 1926 regarding payment of salaries and bonus by cheque.

Typewritten letter from William Davin T. D. to R. H. Moore regarding the raising of money from rates for the relief of unemployment.