Business Career
O'Reilly went from college to work as a management consultant for Weston-Evans in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, at 200 pounds annually, a very good salary by then Irish standards. While there, he continued his rugby career, with Leicester. His work included cost accounting and time and motion studies, in industries ranging from shoe-making to pottery.
He then moved to Sutton's of Cork, selling agricultural products, coal and oil.
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