William Joseph O'Reilly (1792–1844) was
Whig Member of Parliament from 1832 to 1835 in the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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for the
Irish constituency of
Dundalk
Dundalk ( ; ) is the county town of County Louth, Ireland. The town is situated on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the north-east coast of Ireland, and is halfway between Dublin and Belfast, close to and south of the bor ...
. He was succeeded, unopposed, in the seat by the Radical
William Sharman Crawford
William Sharman Crawford (1780–1861) was an Irish landowner who, in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, championed a democratic franchise, a devolved legislature for Ireland, and the interests of the Irish tenant farmer. As a Radical repres ...
.
He was born the third son of Matthew O'Reilly of Knock Abbey Castle (previously known as Thomastown Castle), County Louth.
[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] 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.
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.
[Burnand, Sir Francis Cowley (1908). ''The Catholic who's who and yearbook'', p. 314 Burns & Oates]
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1792 births
1844 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Louth constituencies (1801–1922)
UK MPs 1832–1835
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