Percy O'Reilly
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Percy Philip O'Reilly (July 27, 1870 – July 2, 1942) was an Irish
polo player
who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics
. Together with John Paul McCann
, John Hardress Lloyd
and Auston Rotheram
, he was a member of the Ireland team that won a silver medal The Ireland team was part of the Great Britain Olympic team.
His daughter Viola married General Sir Miles Dempsey
.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
polo player
Polo
Polo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Sometimes called, "The Sport of Kings", it was highly popularized by the British. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a...
who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a polo tournament was contested. It was the second time the sport had been featured at the Olympics, with 1900 being its first appearance....
. Together with John Paul McCann
John Paul McCann
John Paul McCann was an Irish polo player who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Together with Percy O'Reilly, John Hardress Lloyd and Auston Rotheram, he was a member of the Ireland team that won a silver medal The Ireland team was part of the Great Britain Olympic team.-References:...
, John Hardress Lloyd
John Hardress Lloyd
Brigadier-General John Hardress Lloyd was an Anglo-Irish soldier and polo player. He was awarded a DSO and made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur for his service in the British Army during the First World War...
and Auston Rotheram
Auston Rotheram
Auston Morgan Rotheram was an Irish polo player who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.-Biography:He was born in Sallymount House, County Westmeath and died in Cheltenham....
, he was a member of the Ireland team that won a silver medal The Ireland team was part of the Great Britain Olympic team.
His daughter Viola married General Sir Miles Dempsey
Miles Dempsey
General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, GBE, KCB, DSO, MC was commander of the British Second Army during the D-Day landings in the Second World War...
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