William O'Reilly (MP)

William Joseph O'Reilly (1792–1844) was Member of Parliament from 1832 to 1835 in the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the Irish constituency of Dundalk.

He was born the third son of Matthew O'Reilly of Knock Abbey Castle (previously known as Thomastown Castle), County Louth.[1]. He inherited the castle on the death of his elder brother Matthew in 1841.

He had married in 1820 his cousin Margaret, the daughter of Dowell O'Reilly of Tullymore and had a son and heir Myles O'Reilly, who fought on the continent for the Pope and was later also an MP, and an unmarried daughter Margaret. [2]

His grandson was also named William Joseph O'Reilly (born 1864) who in turn inherited the Knock Abbey Castle estate from Myles. He served as Commissioner of Education in Ireland.[3]

References
  1. Burke, Sir Bernard (1852). A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland for 1852: comprising particulars of upwards of 100,000 individuals, Volume 1. Colburn and Co., page 971
  2. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 2. p. 971.
  3. Burnand, Sir Francis Cowley (1908). The Catholic who's who and yearbook, p. 314 Burns & Oates
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James Edward Gordon		 Member of Parliament for Dundalk
1832 – 1835		 Succeeded by
William Sharman Crawford
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