The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
The Rev. Father James O'Reilly
The Rev. Father James O'Reilly , Assistant Priest in the Oamaru district, was born in County Meath, Ireland, in 1876. He was educated at Clonliffe College, Dublin, and afterwards at Maynooth, where he was ordained in 1900. In the following year he came to New Zealand, and was stationed at Oamaru in 1902.