In the 1901 census he said he was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire in 1856.  This is the only such birth registration in Macclesfield:

Name:                Mother's Maiden Surname:
MORAN, MARTIN        VARLEY
GRO Reference: 1857  J Quarter in MACCLESFIELD  Volume 08A  Page 133
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This is the 1861 census giving his parents and showing they were born in Ireland and now lived at 56, Derby Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire:

First name(s)  Last name  Relationship  Marital status  Sex  Age  Birth year  Occupation  Birth place
Michael    Moran  Head  M  M  27  1834  Glazier      Ireland
Bridgett   Moran  Wife  M  F  26  1835  -            Ireland
Mary Ann   Moran  Daur  -  F  10  1851  Scholar      Macclesfield, Cheshire
John       Moran  Son   -  M   8  1853  Scholar      Macclesfield, Cheshire
Martin     Moran  Son   -  M   4  1857  Scholar      Macclesfield, Cheshire
Michael    Moran  Son   -  M   1  1860  -            Macclesfield, Cheshire
Richard    Sheed  Ldgr  M  M  45  1816  Silk weaver  Macclesfield, Cheshire
Elizabeth  Sheed  Ldgr  M  F  39  1822  -            Macclesfield, Cheshire
Henry      Sheed  Ldgr  -  M   9  1852  Scholar      Macclesfield, Cheshire

Ref:
Archive reference  RG09
Piece number       2581
Folio              5
Page               4
Combined:          1861 ref: RG09, piece 2581, folio 5, p. 4

Michael Moran and Bridgett Varley look like they married around 1850, from the birth year of their eldest child.  But no record can be found of this in either English or Irish records.

See his father’s Misc Notes for other censuses of his parents’ family
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In 1891 they had married just under ten years previously so this was the first census of their marriage, at Peel Street, Burslem Fegg Hayes Tunstall Newport, Wolstanton, Staffordshire:

First name(s)  Last name  Relationship  Marital status  Sex  Age  Birth year  Occupation  Birth place
Martin    Moran  Head  M  M  34 1857  House painter  Macclesfield, Cheshire
Louisa    Moran  Wife  M  F  30 1861  -              Burslem, Staffordshire
Mary A    Moran  Daur  -  F  10 1881  Scholar        Burslem, Staffordshire
James     Moran  Son   -  M   8 1883  Scholar        Burslem, Staffordshire
Lucy      Moran  Daur  -  F   7 1884  Scholar        Burslem, Staffordshire
Winifred  Moran  Daur  -  F   5 1886  -              Burslem, Staffordshire
Edward    Moran  Son   -  M   3 1888  -              Burslem, Staffordshire
Florence  Moran  Daur  -  F   0 1891  -              Burslem, Staffordshire

Ref:
Archive reference  RG12
Piece number       2163
Folio              104
Page               34
Combined:          1891 ref: RG12, piece 2103, folio 104, p. 34
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In 1901 he and Louisa had 10 children including Norah who had been born as Honora and baptised the same, all at 34, Bridge Street, Burslem, Wolstanton, Staffordshire:

First name(s  Last name  Relationship  Marital status  Sex  Age  Birth year  Occupation  Birth place
Martin    Moran  Head  M  M  45  1856  House painter   Macclesfield, Cheshire
Louisa    Moran  Wife  M  F  40  1861  -               Burslem, Staffordshire
Mary      Moran  Daur  S  F  20  1881  Dress maker     Burslem, Staffordshire
James     Moran  Son   S  M  18  1883  House painter   Burslem, Staffordshire
Lucy      Moran  Daur  S  F  16  1885  Potters gilder  Burslem, Staffordshire
Winifred  Moran  Daur  S  F  15  1886  Potters gilder  Burslem, Staffordshire
Edward    Moran  Son   -  M  12  1889  -               Burslem, Staffordshire
Florence  Moran  Daur  -  F  11  1890  -               Burslem, Staffordshire
Ernest    Moran  Son   -  M   6  1895  -               Burslem, Staffordshire
Lawrence  Moran  Son   -  M   4  1897  -               Burslem, Staffordshire
Norah     Moran  Daur  -  F   3  1898  -               Burslem, Staffordshire
Louie     Moran  Daur  -  F   0  1901  -               Burslem, Staffordshire

Ref:
Archive reference  RG13
Piece number       2595
Folio              10
Page               12
Combined:          1901 ref: RG13, piece 2595, folio 18, p. 12
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He died between the 1901 and 1911 censuses.  His last child after Louie, Wilfred, was listed in 1911 as being born in 1905.

And this is the only death to fit in with that information:

Name:               Age at Death (in years):  
MORAN, MARTIN       50  
GRO Reference: 1907  S Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 78

No will found.
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The list of registered births on FindMyPast of Morans born with a mother’s maiden name of Rowe in Staffordshire from 1880 to 1920 is:

Last   First          Birth
name   name(s)       Year  Qtr    Location                   Comment
Moran  Martin James  1882         Wolstanton, Staffordshire  Called James in censuses
Moran  Lucy          1884         Wolstanton, Staffordshire
Moran  Edward        1888         Wolstanton, Staffordshire
Moran  Francis       1893         Wolstanton, Staffordshire
Moran  Ernest        1895         Wolstanton, Staffordshire
Moran  Lawrence      1897         Wolstanton, Staffordshire
Moran  Honora        1899         Wolstanton, Staffordshire
Moran  Louisa        1900         Wolstanton, Staffordshire  Called Louie in 1891
Moran  Wilfrid       1904         Wolstanton, Staffordshire

The following in the censuses were not registered:

First name(s)  Last name  Relationship  Marital status  Sex  Age  Birth year  Occupation  Birth place
Mary      Moran  Daur  S  F  20  1881  Dress maker     Burslem, Staffordshire
Winifred  Moran  Daur  S  F  15  1886  Potters gilder  Burslem, Staffordshire
Florence  Moran  Daur  -  F  11  1890  -               Burslem, Staffordshire

But there was a Winifred and a Florence on the GRO’s index:

Name:               Mother's Maiden Surname:
MORAN, WINIFRED     ROWE  
GRO Reference: 1886  M Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 159
MORAN, FLORENCE     ROWE  
GRO Reference: 1890  S Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 138

The following registered births were not in any census:  … Rubbish, oh yes she was!

Last   First          Birth
name   name(s)       Year  Qtr    Location                   Comment
Moran  Francis       1893         Wolstanton, Staffordshire

Or

Name:               Mother's Maiden Surname:
MORAN, FRANCIS      ROWE  
GRO Reference: 1893  J Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 165

So it looks like the total births to this family was 12, summarised by these GRO registrations:

Name:                  Mother's Maiden Surname:
1. Moran, Mary            Only in censuses, not registered
2. MORAN, MARTIN JAMES    ROWE  
   GRO Reference: 1882  S Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 162
3. MORAN, LUCY            ROWE  
   GRO Reference: 1884  M Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 165
4. MORAN, WINIFRED        ROWE  
   GRO Reference: 1886  M Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 159
5. MORAN, EDWARD          ROWE  
   GRO Reference: 1888  J Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 161
6. MORAN, FLORENCE        ROWE  
   GRO Reference: 1890  S Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 138
7. MORAN, FRANCIS         ROWE  
   GRO Reference: 1893  J Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 165
8. MORAN, ERNEST          ROWE  
   GRO Reference: 1895  M Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 160
9. MORAN, LAWRENCE        ROWE
   GRO Reference: 1897  M Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 141
10.MORAN, HONORA          ROWE  
   GRO Reference: 1899  J Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 176
11. MORAN, LOUISA          ROWE  
   GRO Reference: 1900  S Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 160
12. MORAN, WILFRID         ROWE  
   GRO Reference: 1904  J Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 166
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Deaths before maturity:

Name:               Age at Death (in years):  
MORAN, FRANCIS     0                       (boy)
GRO Reference: 1894  M Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 111

Their marriage index:

First name(s)     Martin
Last name         Moran
Marriage quarter  3
Marriage year     1881
MarriageFinder    Martin Moran married one of these people
                  Mary Amelia Simcoe, Louisa Rowe
District          Wolstanton
County            Staffordshire
Country           England
Volume            6B
Page number       172
Record set        England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
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