OF YOUR CHARITY ,
PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF
THE FOLLOWING WHO
DIED AT GORTATEMPLE , EMLY.
PARENTS , NORA C HURLEY
DIED 23 APRIL 1880, AGED 73 YEARS.
JAMES HURLEY
DIED 30 MARCH 1900, AGED 88 YEARS.
MARY HURLEY
DIED 20TH JULY 1922, AGED 65 YEARS.
JOHN HURLEY
DIED 5TH NOV 1925, AGED 75 YEARS.
ELLEN HURLEY
DIED MAY 5TH 1930, AGED 78 YEARS.
MARGARET HURLEY
DIED NOV 24TH 1938, AGED 84 YEARS.
There were two branches of the Hurley family living in Gortatemple, Emly in the censuses of 1901 and 1911. The people recorded on this stone are James Hurley, his wife, Nora Condon and their children, none of whom ever married.
The other Hurley family was that of Maurice Hurley (1825 - ) and his wife Sarah Ryan (1834-1882), daughter of Thomas Ryan of Sologhead, Co. Tipperary. Their children included John Hurley 1868, Catherine (Kate) 1871 & Michael 1874.
Catherine (Kate) Hurley , born 1871, was interred in this plot , although her name is not recorded on the stone.
See details for Catherine (Kate) Hurley in the 1911 census.
NB. Gortatemple, a townland of just 28 acres, is the smallest townland in Emly parish.