O'Reillys

[Carolyn Dawson]

I am looking for my Grandfathers family. He left Ireland in the early 1900's with Annie Breen and settled in Tasmania, Australia. I have no further information on him or Annie, but would like to hear from anyone who is an O'Reilly or Breen. Have a great day.
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[Mary Lee Dunn]

: I am looking for my Grandfathers family. He left Ireland in the early 1900's with Annie Breen and settled in Tasmania, Australia. I have no further information on him or Annie, but would like to hear from anyone who is an O'Reilly or Breen. Have a great day.<p>Hi, Carolyn,<br> My O'Reillys (Rileys, etc.) came from Kilglass Parish in Famine years. Seven siblings, the children of Michael and Ann Colligan Riley, immigrated through New York and Boston and settled in Rhode Island between 1847 and 1850. Their names were John, Bridget, Mary, Ann, Hugh, Michael and Alice. Within a few years, most had married other Roscommon immigrants: respectively, Catherine McNally of County Monahan, James O'Reilly of Kiltrustan, James Henry (of Bumlin?), Peter Featherstone of Dooslatta, Ann Sweeney (of ___?), Catherine Elwood of Roscommon, and Frank Smith (of ___?). In the 1860s, some of them moved on to eastern Connecticut.<br> I believe their Kilglass roots may have been in Ballyfeeny and Legan. It is possible that a brother named Thomas remained in Kilglass.<br> What was your ancestor's first name? Do you have him connected with a parish or townland?<br> I have a good deal of information about Kilglass-area Reillys, if that can help.<br> Mary Lee Dunn<br> <br>

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