| Richard A. Moore | |
| Office: | United States Ambassador to Ireland |
| President: | George H. W. Bush |
| Term Start: | September 19, 1989 |
| Term End: | June 15, 1992 |
| Predecessor: | Margaret Heckler |
| Successor: | William H. G. FitzGerald |
| Birth Date: | 23 January 1914 |
| Birth Place: | Albany, New York |
| Death Place: | Washington, D.C. |
| Party: | Republican |
| Alma Mater: | Yale University Yale Law School |
| Spouse: | Jane G. Swift Esther Horstkotte Jantzen |
| Children: | 5 |
| Relatives: | John D. J. Moore (brother) |
| Nationality: | American |
| Allegiance: |  United States |
| Battles: | World War II |
Richard Anthony Moore (January 23, 1914 – January 27, 1995) was an American lawyer and communications executive, who served as special counsel to President Richard Nixon and was United States Ambassador to Ireland (1989–1992).[1] [2]
Moore became a special counsel to President Nixon in 1971, and in July 1973 was a witness to the Senate committee investigating the Watergate scandal.[2] After leaving the administration he later became founder and associate producer of The McLaughlin Group, and was later ambassador to Ireland under President George H. W. Bush.[2] His brother, John D. J. Moore, had served as ambassador to Ireland under Presidents Nixon and Ford.[3] Moore died of prostate cancer in Washington, D.C., in 1995.[2]