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John Hurly

John Hurly,
of Bridge House, Tralee (at Bridge Lane),
and of Glenduff House (or Glenduffe House), NE of Tralee.
He mar 1814 to Anna Hill.
He died 1854.
They had issue:

1. Robert Conway Hurly,
   born 1815,
   of Bridge House, Tralee, and of Glenduff, Co.Kerry.
   He mar 1stly, 1845, to Dorcas Blennerhassett.
   She died 1854.
   He mar 2ndly, 1860, to Annie Cumins [or Cummins].
   He died 1870.
   He had issue by 2nd wife:

   
   

   1. Maurice Randal Hurly, born 1864,
      of Bridge House, Tralee, and of Glenduff, Co.Kerry.
      He mar 1stly, 1896, to Honoria Fitzmaurice.
      He died 1927.
      He had issue by 1st wife:

      
      

      1. Maurice Fitzmaurice Hurly,
         born 1898,
         of Glendalough, Caragh Lake, Co.Kerry.
         He inherited the Ms of "Black Jack's Book".

         
         

      2. Vera Geraldine Hurly, born 1900.
         She mar 1924 to Major Webb Temple.
         He was KIA by the Japanese at Hong Kong in 1941.
         She was living in 1958 at 118 Shorncliffe Rd, Folkestone.
         They had issue.

   
   

2. John Hurly,
   of Fenit House, on the coast W of Tralee, Co.Kerry.
   He mar 1853 to Elizabeth Augusta Grant.
   In 1857 he bought an estate around Lyreacrompane, Co.Kerry (between Tralee and Listowel, see map). He did not live there himself. His agent did.
   There is a stone at Fenit House with inscription "J.H. 1860".
   He inherited "Black Jack's Book" and made a cover for it, dated 1862.
   [Hickson, 1872] says he owns "Black Jack's Book".
   He died 1878.
   John and Elizabeth Augusta had issue:

   
   

   1. John Hurly,
      John Charles Dennis Hurly, born 1864,
      of Fenit House.
      His father died 1878.
      He inherited "Black Jack's Book".
      [Hickson, 3 Mar 1897] says "Black Jack's Book" is at Fenit House.
      He is listed at Fenit House in 1901 census. His separated married sister Augusta is with him.
      John in a letter of 1908 says he has "Black Jack's Book". Living Fenit House.
      He died unmarried, 1929.

      
      

   2. Augusta Hurly.
      She mar 1894 to Harnett Fuller [born 1866] and had issue.
      She inherited Fenit House.

Glenduff on 1829 to 1842 map.
See modern map and street view.

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References

• GLENDUFFE in [Houses of Kerry].

• Hurly's of Lyreacrompane, by Kay O'Leary, in Lyreacrompane and District Journal, no.7, 2003, pp.45-57.
  • Much of this was reproduced at the Glenduff Manor site.

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• Hurly sold Bridge House, Tralee, in 1880.
  It became Tralee RIC station.
  Later Tralee Garda Station.
  It was demolished 1983.
  Site is now the new Tralee Garda Station. See street view.

• Glenduff House (or Glenduffe House) at landedestates.ie

• Hurly sold Glenduff House in 1912.
  It is now a guesthouse, Glenduff Manor.