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Robert Conway Hurly

Robert Conway Hurly, of Bridge House, Tralee.
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Courtesy of Hurly family of New Zealand.
AI models can often be wrong, but image recognition is something they tend to be good at. For what it is worth, I asked ChatGPT and it estimates this portrait as c.1855-1865.

Robert Conway Hurly,
born 1815,
of Bridge House, Tralee,
and of Glenduff House, NE of Tralee.

He mar 1stly, 1845, to Dorcas Blennerhassett [born c.1822]. No issue.
She is descendant of John Blennerhassett and of Edward III but Robert did not have issue through her.
She died 1854.

He mar 2ndly, 23 June 1860, to Hannah Comins [or Annie, born 1831, dau of William Comins].
She is signed "Hannah Comins" on mar cert. Also listed as Comyns, Cumins or Cummins.
They mar in Kentish Town, Camden, London. See mar cert from here.
[O'Hart, 1884] incorrectly says he married the dau of "Sir R. Colleton, Bart."
He died 1870.
Memorial tablet on S wall of the nave in Tralee church.
Annie mar 2ndly in 1873 to Rev. John Ross.
She died 1902.
Robert had issue by 2nd wife:

1. John Conway Hurly,
   born 1862,
   of Bridge House, Tralee, and of Glenduff, Co.Kerry.

   
   

2. Maurice Randal Hurly,
   or Maurice Randall Hurly, born 1864,
   of Bridge House, Tralee, and of Glenduff, Co.Kerry.
   He mar 1stly, 1896, to Honoria Fitzmaurice.
   She is descendant of John Blennerhassett, "Black Jack" and of Edward III.
   She applied to divorce him in Feb 1907 for adultery and cruelty. Divorce granted in Feb 1908.
   He died 1927.
   He had issue by 1st wife:

   
   

   1. Maurice Fitzmaurice Hurly,
      Maurice Francis 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.

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References

• GLENDUFFE in [Houses of Kerry].

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• Bridge House, Tralee:
  • Hurly sold Bridge House 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), Co.Kerry:
  • Glenduff House at landedestates.ie
  • Hurly sold Glenduff House in 1912.
  • It is now a guesthouse, Glenduff Manor.