From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:
The flat, fertile county of Meath, Ireland, on the Irish sea, has for generations been the home of the family of Reilly. Its productive nature has to a large extent directed their activities, and agriculture has ever been a favorite calling with those bearing the family name. Such was the line followed by Bryant Reilly, grandfather of Patrick J. Reilly, of this chronicle, who passed his entire life in the homeland. He married Margaret Smith, and had children.
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