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O'Reilly
(
Irish
:
O Raghallaigh
)
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is a common
Irish surname
. The O'Reillys were historically the kings of
East Breifne
in what is today
County Cavan
. The clan were part of the
Connachta
's
Ui Briuin
Breifne kindred and were closely related to the
O Ruairc
(O'Rourkes) of
West Breifne
. O'Reilly is ranked tenth in the
top twenty
list of most common Irish surnames.
[
citation needed
]
It is also the
patronymic
form of the Irish name
Reilly
(
Irish
:
Raghallach
).
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The name is commonly found throughout Ireland, with the greatest concentration of the surname found in County Cavan followed by Longford, Meath, Westmeath, Fermanagh and Monaghan, and the
Province of Leinster
.
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citation needed
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Naming conventions
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Male
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Daughter
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Wife
(Long)
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Wife
(Short)
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O Raghallaigh
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Ni Raghallaigh
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Bean Ui Raghallaigh
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Ui Raghallaigh
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Overview
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Usually anglicised as
Reilly
, O'Reilly or Riley, the original form of the name, O Raghallaigh, denotes "descendant of Raghallach".
The O Raghallaigh family were part of the
Connachta
, with the
eponymous
Raghallach said to have died at the
Battle of Clontarf
in 1014. The family became
the kings
of
East Breifne
, modern-day
County Cavan
and
County Longford
.
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citation needed
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The name is common and widespread throughout Ireland, ranked 11th most common in 1890
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and in 1997.
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A self-proclaimed and disputed O'Reilly Clan Chieftain to this day is at odds with the O'Rourke Clan Chieftain because he contests the recognised O'Rourke claim on the title Prince of Breifne.
[6]
This was settled in 1994 when the Chief Herald of Ireland made the O'Rourke Chief the Prince of
Breifne
, but the Office of the Chief Herald stopped granting courtesy titles to Gaelic Chiefs in 2003 (see
O'Rourke
).
People
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O'Reilly
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People with the surname O'Reilly include:
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- Alejandro O'Reilly
(1722?1794), second Spanish governor of colonial Louisiana
- Andreas O'Reilly
(1742?1832), Irish-born Austrian general
- Bernard O'Reilly
(1903?1975), Australian author, found the wreck of a Stinson aircraft in the McPherson Range, 1937
- Bernard O'Reilly (bishop of Hartford)
(1803?1856), Irish Roman Catholic bishop
- Bernard O'Reilly (bishop of Liverpool)
(1824?1894), Irish Roman Catholic bishop
- Bill O'Reilly
(born 1949), American commentator and television show host of
The O'Reilly Factor
on the Fox News Channel
- Bill O'Reilly
, Australian cricketer
- Bob O'Reilly
, Australian rugby league footballer
- Caitriona O'Reilly
, Irish poet and critic
- Cal O'Reilly
, Canadian ice hockey player
- Cameron O'Reilly
, Irish and Australian businessman
- Cassia O'Reilly
, Irish singer-songwriter
- Charles O'Reilly
(died 1800), Roman Catholic Bishop of Kilmore from 1798 to 1800
- Danny O'Reilly
, lead singer of Irish band, The Coronas
- David O'Reilly
, several people
- Dermot O'Reilly
(1942?2007), Irish-born Canadian singer and songwriter in band Ryan's Fancy, working in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Des O'Reilly
(1954?2016), Australian rugby league player
- Emily O'Reilly
, Irish journalist
- Emma O'Reilly
, Irish physiotherapist and cycling soigneur who worked for Lance Armstrong
- Eugenia O'Reilly-Regueiro
, Mexican mathematician
- Finbarr O'Reilly
, Canadian photographer
- Gary O'Reilly
, English footballer
- Genevieve O'Reilly
, Irish actress
- Heather O'Reilly
(born 1985), American soccer player
- Hugh Reily
(1630?1695), Irish M.P. and political author
- James Reilly (Canadian politician)
(1835?1909), Canadian businessman and politician from Alberta
- James O'Reilly
, American Roman Catholic priest
- Jennifer O'Reilly
(1943?2016), medieval historian of Britain and Ireland
- Jenny Quinn O'Reilly
(1762?1802), in baptism
Evgenia Ivanovna Vyazemskaya
, Irish-born lady and second wife of Prince
Andrey Vyazemsky
, mother of the Russian Imperial poet
Pyotr Vyazemsky
- Joe O'Reilly
, Irish politician
- John Reyly
(recte O'Reilly) (c. 1646?1717), M.P. for Cavan County in the Parliament of Ireland of 1689
- John O'Reilly
(born 1940), Canadian politician from Ontario
- Kyle O'Reilly
(born 1987), ring name of Canadian professional wrestler Kyle Greenwood
- Leonora O'Reilly
, American feminist
- Luke O'Reilly (disambiguation)
, several people
- Mary Margaret O'Reilly
, Assistant Director of the United States Bureau of the Mint from 1924 to 1938
- Matthew O'Reilly
, Irish politician and farmer
- O'Reilly, Lords of Breifne
(c. 1161 ? 1607), Irish rulers
- Patrick Thomas O'Reilly
(1833?1892), U.S. Catholic bishop, born in Ireland
- Peter O'Reilly (civil servant)
(1827?1905), Irish-born settler and official in the Colony of British Columbia
- Peter O'Reilly (hurler)
(1902?1940), Irish hurler
- Philip O'Reilly (Cavan County MP)
(c. 1600?1655), M.P. for County Cavan
- Philip Og O'Reilly
(c. 1640 ? 1703), M.P. for Cavan Borough in the Parliament of Ireland of 1689
- Philip Reyley
(recte O'Reilly) (c. 1630 ? after 1689), M.P. for Cavan County in the Parliament of Ireland of 1689
- Randall C. O'Reilly
(born 1967), American professor of psychology, developer of
Leabra
- Robert O'Reilly
(born 1950), American actor
- Ruth O'Reilly
(born 1981), Irish rugby union player
- Ryan O'Reilly (ice hockey)
(born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
- Ryan O'Reilly (wrestler)
(born 1980), American professional wrestler
- Samuel O'Reilly
(1854?1909), American tattoo artist and inventor
- Stephen O'Reilly (born 1964) (better known as
Stephen Egerton
), American musician
- Stephen O'Reilly
, American actor
- Stephen O'Reilly
, Australian footballer
- Terry O'Reilly
, Canadian hockey player
- Tim O'Reilly
(born 1954), Irish-American founder of O'Reilly Media
- Tom O'Reilly
(1915?1995), Irish Gaelic footballer and politician
- Tom O'Reilly
, Irish Sinn Fein politician
- Tom O'Reilly
, Papua New Guinea international
- Tony O'Reilly
(1936?2024), Irish businessman
- Valli O'Reilly
, American makeup artist
- Walter Cresswell O'Reilly
(1877?1954), Australian Commonwealth Film Censor and founding President of the National Trust of Australia
O'Riley
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- Bunny Wailer
(1947?2021), Jamaican reggae musician sometimes known as Bunny O'Riley
- Christopher O'Riley
(born 1956), American classical pianist and public radio show host
- Don O'Riley
(1945?1997), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Jon Riley
(1824?1879), US army deserter also known as John O'Riley
- Matt O'Riley
(born 2000), English footballer at Celtic F.C.
Riley
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Fictional character
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Other uses
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See also
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References
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- ^
"Raghallach ? Database of Irish-language Surnames"
.
Gaois
. Retrieved
26 December
2022
.
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"O Raghailligh - Irish Names and Surnames"
.
www.libraryireland.com
. Retrieved
26 December
2022
.
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"O Raghallaigh"
. Sloinne. 5 December 2015.
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Matheson, Robert E. (1894),
Special report on surnames in Ireland, with notes as to numerical strength, derivation, ethnology, and distribution; based on information extracted from the indexes of the General register office. Appendix to the Twenty-Ninth Detailed Annual Report of the Registrar-General of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Ireland
, Dublin: For Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Alexander Thom & Co. (Limited), p. 9 (
accessible online
)
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Murphy, Sean J. (2014), A Survey of Irish Surnames 1992?97. In:
Studies in Irish Genealogy and Heraldry
, Windgates, County Wicklow, pp. 14?29 (first published 2008, last revision 2014), here p. 27 (
accessible online
)
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Newerkla, Stefan Michael
(2020), Das irische Geschlecht O'Reilly und seine Verbindungen zu Osterreich und Russland [The Irish O'Reilly family and their connections to Austria and Russia]. In:
Diachronie ? Ethnos ? Tradition: Studien zur slawischen Sprachgeschichte [Diachrony ? Ethnos ? Tradition: Studies in Slavic Language History].
Eds. Jasmina Grkovi?-Major, Natalia B. Korina,
Stefan M. Newerkla
, Fedor B. Poljakov, Svetlana M. Tolstaja. Brno, Tribun EU, pp. 259?279, here 263?265
(accessible online).
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Newerkla, Stefan Michael
(2020), Das irische Geschlecht O'Reilly und seine Verbindungen zu Osterreich und Russland [The Irish O'Reilly family and their connections to Austria and Russia]. In:
Diachronie ? Ethnos ? Tradition: Studien zur slawischen Sprachgeschichte [Diachrony ? Ethnos ? Tradition: Studies in Slavic Language History].
Eds. Jasmina Grkovi?-Major, Natalia B. Korina,
Stefan M. Newerkla
, Fedor B. Poljakov, Svetlana M. Tolstaja. Brno, Tribun EU, pp. 259?279
(accessible online).
- ^
"O'Reilly coat of arms, family crest and O'Reilly family history"
. irishsurnames.com
. Retrieved
1 January
2008
.
External links
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O'Reilly
in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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