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Later Life and Death

In 1884, he married his cousin Suzanna Mary Moynan in her home on the 9th of April in Thurles, Co.Tipperary. He had two children, Eileen Nora and Francis Henry, aged 13 and 9 when the census was recorded in 1901. His family resided in No.15 Garville Avenue, Rathgar, Co. Dublin along with a domestic servant.

In Richard Moynan's later years he worked as a cartoonist and contributed to cartoon drawings in the 'The union newspaper'. During his time as a cartoonist, he used the pseudonym 'Lex'. He was a leading exhibitor at the Royal Hibernian Academy with works such as 'bleak house', 'a travelling show' and 'military manoeuvres' being some of the pieces displayed here. Moynan had issues with intemperance and tubercolosis, which ultimately led to his career and health decline. In the final years of his life, there was little work created by him, only a final painting which was submitted to the academy in 1902 titled 'The Death Of The Queen' which depicted the death of Queen Victoria and the reaction of people from Dublin who were standing around a newspaper boy . He was absent in 1903 and 1904 but submitted an unimportant work in 1905. On the 10th of April 1906, he died at his residence at 15 garville avenue, Rathgar and was buried in mount Jerome on the 12th of April aged 50 years

'The Death Of The Queen' 1902

Following his passing, his work has been featured across different exhibitions such as 'The French Connection' in 2010 and 'Ireland: Her people and landscape' in 2012. His work had consistent themes of street children and unionism.