Hello,
I write seeking to identify the children of Phillip and Bridget Lannon
Reilly of Kilglass Parish, Roscommon, who lived in or near Ruskey. From
information I have been given, I believe that Phillip likely was born
in the 1780s to James and Ellen McGuire Reilly, who also had offspring
named Luke, James, Patrick, Peter, and Mary. Some descendants went to
Rutland, Vermont, and some went to Providence, Rhode Island.
I have been told that Phillip and Bridget had two sons: Thomas and
Luke. Best guess is that there were other children as well and it is
their names and information that I seek, as well as any other details
about the family. Son Thomas remained in Kilglass; son Luke and his
eight children went to Providence, Rhode Island, in the 1860s.
In Kilglass, Thomas married Katherine Reilly and had these children:
Phillip, Luke, John, Tom, Mary Ann, and Bee (Bridget or Bedelia?). At
least two of the children -- Phillip and Mary Ann -- emigrated to the
U.S. The son Phillip went to Providence, RI; I have not found him there
yet.
It is not known where Mary Ann went but she eventually returned to
Kilglass. I believe that the father, Thomas, is the Thomas Reilly,
widower,
who lived in Killegan and is listed in the 1901 Irish census. He died
several
years later.
The family’s roots may have been in Ballykilcline townland. The Synge
Census of 1749 shows a Phillip Reilly there then.
Many thanks for information anyone can offer.
Mary Lee Dunn