Colonel John Hurley, Jacobite

Jacobitism

Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...

 soldier

Soldier

A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...

 and Rapparee

Rapparee

Rapparees were Irish guerrilla fighters who operated on the Jacobite side during the 1690s Williamite war in Ireland. Subsequently the name was also given to bandits and highwaymen in Ireland - many former guerrillas having turned to crime after the war was over...

, fl. December 1694.

Biography

Colonel Hurley was a son of John Hurley, and a grandson of another John Hurley, a younger son of Sir Thomas Hurley of Knocklong, County Limerick

County Limerick

It is thought that humans had established themselves in the Lough Gur area of the county as early as 3000 BC, while megalithic remains found at Duntryleague date back further to 3500 BC...

, and Joanna, daudaughter of John Brown, of Mount Brown, County Limerick. He served in the army of King James II in Ireland, and afterwards became a Rapparee

Rapparee

Rapparees were Irish guerrilla fighters who operated on the Jacobite side during the 1690s Williamite war in Ireland. Subsequently the name was also given to bandits and highwaymen in Ireland - many former guerrillas having turned to crime after the war was over...

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Along with fellow raparees Colonel Dermot Leary, Captain Edmond Ryan

Éamonn an Chnoic

"Éamonn an Chnoic" is a popular song in traditional Irish music. It is a slow, mournful ballad with a somber theme and no chorus.-Overview:...

, Captain Matthew Higgins and John Murphy, he issued a proclaimation in December 1694, attacking all those not loyal to James II, offered a reward of two hundre pounds to anyone who brought to them any member of King William's privy council

Privy council

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 and a further fifty pounds for any chief officers still in arms against king James. He may have later escaped to France and served in Berwick's Regiment. (p.92)

He was a cousion of Sir John Hurley

Sir John Hurley

-Biography:Sir John Hurley was a grandson of Sir Maurice Hurley of Knocklong, eldest son of Sir Thomas and Joanna. His father, Sir William, was an M.P...

, also a Jacobite, and Luis Roberto de Lacy

Luis Roberto de Lacy

Luis Roberto de Lacy was a Spanish hero, "a heroic martyr in his country's cause", a famous Brigadier General of the Spanish Army who fought for Spain in the Peninsular War. He came from an Irish family that had already seen two generations serving in the Spanish army. His grandfather Patrick de...

 (1772-1817), Brigadier General of the Spanish Army who fought for Spain in the Peninsular War

Peninsular War

The Peninsular War was a war between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when French and Spanish armies crossed Spain and invaded Portugal in 1807. Then, in 1808, France turned on its...

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Family tree

Teige Ó hUirthile, lord of Knocklong, County Limerick and Chief of the Name
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Dermod Tomás Ó hUirthile, fl. 1585.
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Juliana | |
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| Randal Maurice Ó hUirthile of Knocklong, fl. 1601-34.
| =Racia Thornton (dsp) =Gráinne Ní hÓgáin
John, 18th Baron Kingsale

Baron Kingsale

The Barony of Kingsale is one of the most ancient peerage titles in Britain or Ireland. The Barony, in the Peerage of Ireland, dates to the thirteenth century, perhaps being created circa 1223, though other sources give different dates. The first creation was by writ. The title was officially...

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Sir Thomas O'Hurley
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Sir Maurice, died c. 1683. John Catherine Anne Grace Elinora
=? =? =Peirce, Lord Dunboyne =Daniel Ó Maoilriain

Ó Maoilriain

Ó Maoilriain, Gaelic-Irish surname, anglicised as Mulryan or Ryan.-Overview:This family claim descent from one Maoil Riagháin, who was named in honour of a Saint Riagháin....

  =Walter Bourke =David Barry
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Sir William, fl. 1689. John
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Sir John Hurley, fl. 1714. Colonel John Hurley, fl. 1694.

See also

• Diarmaid Ó hUrthuile, Archbishop of Cashel
  Archbishop of Cashel
  The Archbishop of Cashel is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name after the town of Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. The title is still in use in the Roman Catholic Church, but in the Church of Ireland it was downgraded to a bishopric in 1838....
  
  , c. 1530 – 21 June 1584.
• Colonel John Hurley, raparee, fl. 1694.