Philip Reyley (recte O’Reilly) (c. 1630 – after 1689) was an M.P. for

County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ...

in the

Parliament of Ireland The Parliament of Ireland ( ga, Parlaimint na hÉireann) was the legislature of the Lordship of Ireland, and later the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1297 until 1800. It was modelled on the Parliament of England and from 1537 comprised two chamb ...

of 1689, known as the

Patriot Parliament Patriot Parliament is the name commonly used for the Irish Parliament session called by King James II during the Williamite War in Ireland which lasted from 1688 to 1691. The first since 1666, it held only one session, which lasted from 7 May 16 ...

. He was known as Philip Reilly senior to distinguish him from

Philip Og O'Reilly Philip Og O'Reilly (–1703) was an MP for Cavan in the Parliament of Ireland of 1689. Early life His name in Gaelic was Pilib Óg O'Raghallaigh. He was probably called Pilib Óg (Young Philip) to distinguish him from Philip Reyley who repres ...

the contemporaneous MP for the borough of

Cavan Cavan ( ; ) is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road that links Dublin (to the south) with Enniskillen, Bally ...

. He lived in Aghacreevy townland in the Civil Parish of Ballymachugh, Barony of Clanmahon,

. Reyley was probably the ''Philip Reilly senior'' who was elected a member of

Corporation on 23 February 1688.''The Corporation of the Borough of Cavan'' by T.S. Smyth, in Breifny Antiquarian Society Journal 1927, Vol III, p.181

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Politicians from County Cavan Irish MPs 1689 Irish Jacobites Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cavan constituencies 17th-century deaths 17th-century births Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub