James O'Reilly or Reilly

[oldohiohome]

his birth, maybe
Superintendent Registrar's District Tuam, RD: Dunmore, Galway
11 December 1889, in Mooneenpollagh (?)
James, son of Patrick a laborer, of that townland, and Mary Reilly formerly Hunt. informant: the mother

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1889/02450/1910744.pdf

You'd have to look for the other known children of this couple in this area to tie it all together and be sure you have the right person. Townland spelling could be Mooreenpollagh also. The spelling probably changed over the years also.

[daisynook]

Well, how do I thank you oldohiohome and sandra for the information I have been searching for for years now.  You have definitely found the right person and I am very grateful for your hard work.  I had his dob as 1889 but the date you have given me is not so far away.
All the information fits the bill.  Poor man, a sad story.
Best Wishes

[Kiltaglassan]

his birth, maybe
Superintendent Registrar's District Tuam, RD: Dunmore, Galway
11 December 1889, in Mooneenpollagh (?)
James, son of Patrick a laborer, of that townland, and Mary Reilly formerly Hunt. informant: the mother

Moneenpollagh townland in Dunmore civil parish
https://www.townlands.ie/galway/dunmore/dunmore/dunmore-north/moneenpollagh/

[daisynook]

Thanks Kiltaglassan for the information on where James was born. 

[daisynook]

I am now having doubts that James F Reilly is the right person.  I have his death as 11 December 1889 not 1892 and have no record of him having a middle name initial being F

[oldohiohome]

I am now having doubts that James F Reilly is the right person.  I have his death as 11 December 1889 not 1892 and have no record of him having a middle name initial being F

a lot of people didn't know when they were born. or information on later records were provided by someone else.
The informant on his death record was his sister. How many James Reillys in Cincinnati had a sister named Mrs Eli Franks?
He might have added the initial when he got to America to distinguish himself from half a dozen other James Rileys in whatever city he landed in.

[daisynook]

Thanks very much for your comments on James.  You are definitely right.  There are so many James Reilly's, it took me a long time to find him in the first place.

[oldohiohome]

arrived New York July 23, 1926, sailed from Cork
James Reilly, 36?, laborer, last residence: Dunmore
intends to stay permanently
closest relative in Ireland: wife Mrs Nellie Reilly, Grange, Dunmore
destination: brother, Mr Thomas T Reilly, 5411 Woodburn? Ave, Cincinnati
born in Dunmore, good health, fresh complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches

[daisynook]

Thank you very much for the extra information on James Reilly.  Interesting that it says he intended staying permanently as he left his wife, 7 children and one born just after he left!