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Reilly Family Crest and Name History

Where did the Irish Reilly family come from? What is the Irish Reilly family crest and coat of arms? When did the Reilly family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Reilly family history?

The Reilly surname originally appeared in Gaelic as O Raghailligh, which means descendant of Raghallach.

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Reilly Early Origins

The recording of names in Ireland during the Middle Ages was an inconsistent endeavor at best. Since the general population did not know how to read or write, they could only specify how their names should be recorded orally. Research into the name Reilly revealed spelling variations, including 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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Reilly Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Reilly research. Another 233 words(17 lines of text) covering the years 1. T, 1172, 1598 and 1669 are included under the topic Early Reilly History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Reilly Early Notables

Another 23 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Reilly Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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The Great Migration

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 Reilly family came to North America quite early:

Reilly Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century

Christopher Reilly, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1773

Reilly Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century

Richard Reilly, who landed in New York in 1801

Francis Reilly, aged 35, landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1805

Catherine Reilly, aged 8, landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1805

Brien Reilly, who landed in New York, NY in 1811

Hugh Reilly, aged 19, arrived in New York in 1812

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Contemporary Notables of the name Reilly

Charles Nelson Reilly (1931-2007), American two-time Emmy-nominated actor, comedian, director and drama teacher
James Francis Reilly II (b. 1954), American geologist and former NASA astronaut with over 853 hours in space
John Christopher Reilly (b. 1965), American film and theatre actor, nominee of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Kevin P. Reilly (b. 1949), American sixth president of the University of Wisconsin System
John Good "Long John" Reilly (1858-1937), American Major League Baseball first baseman
Michael Eugene Reilly (b. 1949), American Major League Baseball umpire
Thomas F. Reilly (b. 1942), American attorney and politician, 45th Massachusetts Attorney General
Patrick "Paddy" Reilly (b. 1939), Irish folk singer and guitarist and one of Ireland's most famous balladeers
Pauline Neura Reilly OAM (b. 1918), Australian author and ornithologist
Dianne Ann Reilly (b. 1969), Australian politician

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References

Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
Kennedy, Patrick. Kennedy's Book of Arms. Canterbury: Achievements, 1967. Print.
Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1978. Print.
Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1970. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
Leyburn, James Graham. The Scotch-Irish A Social History. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1962. Print. (ISBN 0807842591).
Magnusson, Magnus. Chambers Biographical Dictionary 5th edition. Edinburgh: W & R Chambers, 1990. Print.
Grehan, Ida. Dictionary of Irish Family Names. Boulder: Roberts Rinehart, 1997. Print. (ISBN 1-57098-137-X).
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
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The Reilly Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Reilly Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 1 May 2013 at 13:32.

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