Early Life and Education
Riley was born in Clifden, County Galway, Ireland about 1805; his name in the original Irish Gaelic is Seán Ó Raghailligh. Riley served with the British Army before emigrating to Canada. Connemara and other rural regions suffered greatly during the Irish Potato Famine, and millions of people emigrated by ship from Ireland to Canada and the United States to survive.
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