Fargal O'Reilly

Fargal O'Reilly (or Farrell O'Reilly; died 1829) was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Kilmore from 1807 to 1829.

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A native of the parish of Bailieborough in County Cavan, Ireland,^[1] he was the parish priest of Drumlane from 1790 to 1807. He was elected Bishop of the Diocese of Kilmore by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith on 4 October 1806^[2] and was confirmed by Pope Pius VII on 14 December 1806.^[2]^[3] O'Reilly's papal brief to the See of Kilmore was dated 16 January 1807 ^[2]^[3]^[4] and was consecrated on 24 August 1807 by the Most Reverend Richard O'Reilly, Archbishop of Armagh.^[3]^[4]^[5]

He died in office on 30 April 1829,^[3]^[4]^[5] and was buried in the graveyard at Moybolgue, near Bailieborough.^[1]

[1]
"Folklore". Bailieborough.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
[2]
Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession, volume 1, p. 287.
[3]
Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 350.
[4]
"Bishop Fargal O'Reilly". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
[5]
Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 436.

Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 1. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace.
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. A New History of Ireland. Vol. IX. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.