O'Reilly

O'Reilly is the patronymic form of the Irish name Reilly (Gaelic: Uí Raghaile). The surname comes from the Gaelic Ó Raghallaigh. It is commonly found throughout Ireland, with the greatest concentration of the surname found in Co. Cavan followed by Longford, Meath, Westmeath, Fermanagh and Monaghan, and the Province of Leinster. O'Reilly is ranked #11 in the top 20 list of Irish surnames. It is uncommon as a given name.

Nobility

• O'Reilly Lords of Bréifne c.1161-1607

People

People with the surname O'Reilly include: and:

• Alejandro O'Reilly (1722–1794), second Spanish governor of colonial Louisiana
• Alfonso Bernard O'Reilly Located the wreck of a Stinson Aircraft Company aeroplane in the McPherson Range, Australia in 1937, saving the lives of John Seymour Proud and Joe Binstead.
• Bill O'Reilly (1949–), American commentator and television show host
• Bob O'Reilly, Australian rugby league footballer
• Caitriona O'Reilly, a poet and critic
• Cameron O'Reilly, Irish and Australian businessman, CEO of the world's leading meter provider, Landis+Gyr
• Charles Nelson Reilly (1931–2007), American actor and director
• Charlie O'Reilly (1947–), Irish Painter
• Corey O'Reilly (1989–), saved 32 people in a fire
• David J. O'Reilly Dave O'Reilly is the Chairman and CEO of Chevron Corporation
• Emily O'Reilly (contemporary), Irish Journalist, Information Commissioner
• Finbarr O'Reilly, Canadian photographer
• Heather O'Reilly (1985–), American soccer player
• James A. Reilly (1835–1909), Canadian businessman and politician from Alberta
• James F. Reilly (1954–), American astronaut
• James E. Reilly (contemporary), American writer of soap operas
• John O'Reilly Leader of The Saint Patrick's Battalion of Mexico
• John O'Reilly (1940–), Canadian politician from Ontario
• John C. Reilly (1965–), Irish-American actor
• Professor Sir John James O'Reilly, British scientist
• Ken O'Reilly (1980–), Royal Canadian Navy, Naval Communicator
• Leonora O'Reilly, an American feminist
• Matthew Reilly (1974–), Australian writer
• Peter O'Reilly (19th C.), British Columbian colonial official and Gold Commissioner
• Phil O'Reilly (1985–), Guitarist for Australian Band Calerway
• Robert O'Reilly (1950–), American actor
• Samuel O'Reilly (19th century), American inventor of the modern tattoo gun
• Sidney Reilly (1874–1925), Russian-British spy
• Terry O'Reilly, hockey player
• Thomas Reilly (1942–), American politician, as of 2005, attorney general of Massachusetts
• Tim O'Reilly (1954–), founder of O'Reilly Media; supporter of the free software and Open-source software movements.
• Tom O’Reilly, Gaelic Footballer
• Tony O'Reilly (1936–), Irish billionnaire businessman, former CEO and Chairman of Heinz, dominant shareholder of Independent News and Media, Waterford Wedgwood and other companies
• Walter Cresswell O'Reilly (1877–1954), Australian Commonwealth Film Censor and founding President of the National Trust of Australia,
• Joe O'Reilly (1972–), Convicted murderer from the Naul, Co. Dublin Ireland, gave several interviews in the wake of his wife's murder in October 2004, including to Pat kenny on RTE's the The Late Late Show, to Crimeline, and to various print media, before being arrested, charged and subsequently convicted of slaying her at the Central Criminal Court, in Dublin, in 2007.
• Rachel O'Reilly (1973–2004), wife of Joe O'Reilly, found bludgeoned to death at her home in the Naul, up in north Dublin.

Companies

• O'Reilly Media, a technical book publisher

References

See also

• Reilly
• Riley