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Where did the Irish O'Reilly family come from? What is the Irish O'Reilly family crest and coat of arms? When did the O'Reilly family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the O'Reilly family history?
The O'Reilly surname originally appeared in Gaelic as O Raghailligh, which means descendant of Raghallach.
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Many spelling variations of the surname O'Reilly can be found in the archives. One reason for these variations is that ancient scribes and church officials recorded names as they were pronounced, often resulting in a single person being recorded under several different spellings. The different spellings that were found include O'Reilly, O'Reilley, O'Reily, O'Rielly, O'Riely, O'Riley, O'Rilley, Reel and many more.First found in County Cavan, where they held a family seat from very ancient times.
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In the 19th century, thousands of Irish left their English-occupied homeland for North America. Like most new world settlers, the Irish initially settled on the eastern shores of the continent but began to move westward with the promise of owning land. The height of this Irish migration came during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. With apparently nothing to lose, Irish people left on ships bound for North America and Australia. Unfortunately a great many of these passengers lost their lives - the only thing many had left - to disease, starvation, and accidents during the long and dangerous journey. Those who did safely arrive in "the land of opportunities" were often used for the hard labor of building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. The Irish were critical to the quick development of the infrastructure of the United States and Canada. Passenger and immigration lists indicate that members of the O'Reilly family came to North America quite early:
O'Reilly Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Alexander, Bernard, Christopher, James, Patrick, Terence, and Thomas O'Reilly arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between 1840 and 1860
O'Reilly Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Andrew O'Reilly, aged 22, who arrived at Ellis Island from Cootehill High Briagan, Ireland, in 1906
- Alice O'Reilly, aged 30, who arrived at Ellis Island from Carrigan, Ireland, in 1910
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- Walter Cresswell O'Reilly (1877-1954), Australian Commonwealth Film Censor and founding President of the National Trust of Australia
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- Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1978. Print.
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