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George Beresford O'Reilly, New York, to his sister, Susan O'Reilly, 19 October 1852
Luaigh an doiciméad seo Amharcóir IIIF
Bailiúchán O'Reilly Letters
Title George Beresford O'Reilly, New York, to his sister, Susan O'Reilly, 19 October 1852
Description "You have no idea how I hate this Country, if I was to make a million pounds here I would never adopt the Country as my own. Miss Chapman invited me to Boston last month. I went there and staid (sic) about 9 days. The visit was pleasant enough though the change of scene was merely from one City to another. Boston is very dull and very clean. I think this is about all that can be said of it. It proves a perfect purgatory to a frenchman (sic) ...I amused myself by rambling about the City, but as there is little or nothing to be seen I passed a rather dull time..." Before writing the above, George had expressed delight that, after living so long in France, the family was moving to England, to settle "within a few hours of Old Ireland.'' For George, the United States was just "dull"; prices had gone up in the last year or so, and he was having minor financial difficulties. [The O'Reillys were landed gentry living at Heath House, county Laois. George Beresford O'Reilly ( b.16 January 1829) married Harrietta, daughter of H. Adams of Sante Fé de Bogota, U.S. Columbia, in 1867. His brother Myles O'Reilly lived at Heath House (as the O'Reilly heir). (Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol II. page 1207) According to Myles, his father's income suffered greatly because of the Famine and through an arrangement with creditors and ill health he resided in Italy and France with his two daughters for the latter years of his life while Myles remained in Ireland to manage the estate. Myles John O'Reilly's address is given in this letter as "Myles John O'Reilly Esq. 48 Rue St Gilles, à Abbeville, Sur Somme, France"].
Date 19/10/1852
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Cineál Acmhainne Text
Archival Record Id p155/63/21
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 4pp
Topic O'Reilly Letters
Geographic New York City,New York (state),United States,Abbeville,Arrondissement of Abbeville,Somme (department),Hauts-de-France (region),France
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen fifties
Genre Reproduction
Note Title and description by University of Galway. No typed transcript pages available.
Creator / Author Name George Beresford O'Reilly