James O'Reilly: Bequests

In previous posts I mentioned the ties between my O'Reilly ancestors to Mr. James O'Reilly of Mount Albion, Dundrum, as well as the probate case of O'Malley v O'Reilly, fought out between the estate executors, the O'Malleys, and Mr. O'Reilly's brother.  Today's notes feature a published notice from the newspaper regarding James's bequests.  Notices such as these are immeasurably important for researching Irish probate records since the original wills, stored in the GRO in Dublin, were destroyed by a fire in 1922.

Freeman's Journal, 2 October 1873

CHARITABLE BEQUESTS.

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES O'REILLY, late of Mount Albion, in the County of Dublin, Esquire, who died on the 16th day of November, 1872, by his last Will and Testament, bearing date the 4th day of May, 1872, bequeathed the sum of £50 to the Rev. John E. O'Malley, of Westland-row, in the city of Dublin, Roman Catholic Clergyman, for Masses for the repose of his (Testator's) soul, and Testator also bequeathed unto the said Rev. John E. O'Malley, and Richard O'Malley and Thomas O'Malley, both of Woodlands, in the County of Dublin, certain Shares in the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company in trust for Charles O'Reilly, as therein mentioned, and in case of the death of the said Charles O'Reilly, under the age of 21 years, in trust for Saint Peter's Orphanage, York-street, Dublin, attached to the Roman Catholic Church of Mount Carmel, Whitefriar-street, absolutely; and said Testator appointed the said Rev. John E. O'Malley, Richard O'Malley and Thomas O'Malley, Executors of said Will, all of whom duly obtained probate thereof on the 18th day of July, 1873, forth of the principal Registry of her Majesty's Court of Probate in Ireland.
Dated this 29th day of September, 1873.
JAMES PLUNKETT, Solicitor for said executors, 1, Capel-street, Dublin.
To the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests, and all others whom it may concern.

The important part pertaining to my research is the mention of Charles O'Reilly.  As mentioned in previous posts, Charles was the name of one of the sons of my great-great-great grandfather Laurence O'Reilly.  Our Charles was the godson of a James O'Reilly (his baptism took place in 1865 in Aghamore, Mayo) and appears on both the 1901 and 1911 Irish census living in Dublin off the annuities of stocks.  The Charles in the census records is most definitely our Charles, despite his birthplace being recorded as Dublin City, which the baptism record refutes.  The head of household for both those census years is a Marion Glynn, who is stated to be a cousin, and the records of Glasnevin Cemetery show both Marion and Charles buried in the O'Reillys' plot along with his parents, Laurence and Bridget (Treston), and an infant girl named Norah, the daughter of Laurence and Bridget's oldest son, Sergeant Laurence O'Reilly of the Dublin Metropolitan Police.

Presumably Charles was singled out for inheritance as the godson of James (if, as I believe, the same James who wrote this will was the James who stood sponsor at Charles's baptism), though I do not know the reason why James set up his will to pass the trust on to an orphanage in the event of Charles's death rather than to another O'Reilly family member.  James himself had at least two brothers then living and possibly a sister, while his heir Charles had several brothers and sisters also living.

Later: what became of the siblings of Charles O'Reilly?