Reflections on Lawrence Reilly
Reflections on Lawrence Reilly
KARL MCCARTY
CONTRIBUTOR
Seventeen children were born to the Irish Catholic family of William (1879-1955) and Katherine “Kit” (Baumhardt) Reilly (1886-1969). It was the firstborn who was least talked about, but at certain points of the couple’s life he was the most pressing on their minds.
Lawrence Reilly
Lawrence was born in 1909, the first of the