Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield (1829-1892), an Irish-American bandmaster. He was born near Dublin, Ireland. At the age of eighteen he went to Boston, and soon after organized Gilmore's Band. He arranged the Peace Jubilee in Boston in 1819 and the World's Jubilee in 1872. He composed military and dance music. Columbia, intended as a national hymn, is his most noted composition.