Some Account of the Family of O'Hurly

16. Table: Lands Forfeited by the Hurly Family, Co. Galway, 1688

Journal of the Cork Historical and Archæological Society, Vol. XI, 2nd Series (1905), p. 183

This single-page table closes the first installment of the article (Vol. XI, 1905). Where Section 15 documented the Hurly family's 1641 losses in Co. Limerick, this one documents the second forfeiture the article has already referenced several times — Sir William Hurly's Co. Galway estate, granted to the family after 1641 in place of Knocklong and then lost again in its turn after 1688, this time for backing James II in the Williamite War (see Section 12).

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Abstracts containing all the Lands that appear to have been forfeited by the Hurly family, in the year 1688, in the County of Galway, taken from the Book of Postings of the Farms and Lands following, in the Baronies of Bellamoe, Kilconnell, and Killquane, in the County of Galway.

Forfeitures undermentioned in the County of Galway, consisting of the Farms and Lands following, will be exposed to sale at Chichester House, Dublin, on Thursday, the 10th day of June, 1703, by cant, to the best bidder.

Late Proprietor and Nature of his EstateDenominationsNo. of Acres, Irish measure, whereof 5 make about 8 EnglishReal Value Per AnnumNeat Value to be Set Up AtTenants' NamesEstate or Interest Claimed or Allowed
½ Bellamoe Barony
Sir William Hurly, Fee SimpleIn Corlack25 0 025 0 0200 0 0Lady HurlyAllowed to Thomas Burke, No. 537, a legacy of £150, whereon there is due the principle and interest to the 5th of November, 1694, £204 4s. 3½d., on the whole estate.
In Killiracappy and Shanlevane17 0 0
In Credufflane73 0 0
In Gurnagh92 0 0
In Killiresargh6 0 0
In Killmorion66 0 0
In Killcolinay2 0 0
In Racromer15 0 0
In Clonlugagh27 0 0
In Coolatramihulter and Linagh19 0 0
Killconnell Barony
Sir William Hurly, Fee Simple(1)Doon alias Coolronagh and Coolagh408 0 090 0 0720 0 0Lady HurlyAllowed to Bryan O'Bryan and Dame Catherine his wife, No. 933, estate for her life, as jointure out of No. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29.
In Mullaghblees, 2 quarters48 0 0
In Larnaghan, 2 quarters1 0 0
In Lisdannellan26 0 0
In Garry22 0 0
In Carrowsally43 0 0
Trust122 0 0
Emclacktagher190 0 0
A parcel of land adjoining to Clonbuggen16 0 0
Killyan Barony
(continuation of the same Sir William Hurly forfeiture)(2)In Gurtnagousane alias Ballinvoher23 0 06 0 048 0 0Lady HurlyLady Hurly's jointure.
In Shanballytine alias Carrowroe5 0 0
In Lackarrowminterdurry1 0 0
In Ballyglassy18 0 0
In Craganally15 0 0
In Clowronan3 0 0

The above is a true copy taken from a book endorsed "Book of Postings on Sale of Forfeitures of 1688," remaining of record in the office of His Majesty's Vice-Treasurer, this 9th day of July, 1832.
(Folio 67.)
John Smith, Vice-Treasurer.

This table was corrected against a much cleaner set of page images of the same 1905 article (Cornell University's copy, via HathiTrust) that Dave Hurley located; the version originally posted here was transcribed from a scan that compressed and skewed this table badly, and several denominations, acreage figures, and column headings have been corrected as a result — among them the column heading itself (originally garbled as "Next Value," corrected here to "Neat Value," meaning the net or clear value after charges). The claimants named — Thomas Burke and Bryan & Dame Catherine O'Bryan — are receiving payment of debts and a widow's jointure charged against the forfeited estate, not receiving the land itself as a grant; "Lady Hurly," entered throughout as the tenant, is presumably Sir William Hurly's own widow, continuing to occupy the land pending the 1703 sale despite her husband's attainder fifteen years earlier.

(1) The Killconnell Barony entry is a single large group in the original: nine denominations under one proprietor line, sharing one combined acreage total (accounted for separately) and one set of real/neat values, tenant, and claim — including the "parcel of land adjoining to Clonbuggen," which a note in the margin of the original states was sold to Sir Thomas Montgomery on the 10th of June for £1,100, with incumbrances paid in money and the rest in debentures. That marginal note applies to the Clonbuggen parcel specifically, not to the Killconnell group as a whole.

(2) The original does not repeat "Sir William Hurly" or restate the nature of his estate for this final Killyan Barony group, but the layout (no barony-spanning line break, no new proprietor column entry) makes clear it continues the same forfeiture as the two groups above.

Historical Note — the Long Aftermath of 1688

The fifteen-year gap between Sir William Hurly's 1688/1691 forfeiture (see Section 12) and this 1703 Chichester House sale is entirely typical of how the Williamite land settlement actually played out: an estate could be legally forfeited for years while still occupied, litigated, and drawing charges against it (Thomas Burke's legacy, the O'Bryan jointure) before finally reaching public auction. That "Lady Hurly" is still recorded as tenant across every parcel in this 1703 abstract suggests the family held on, in practice if not in title, for as long as they legally could. Combined with the Co. Limerick table at Section 15, this closes out the article's documentary record of the Hurly family's two major confiscations — 1641 and 1688 — both arising from the same pattern the article traces throughout: consistent loyalty to the Stuart cause, and consistent loss when that cause failed.

End of Vol. XI, Installment 1

This concludes the first installment of "Some Account of the Family of O'Hurly" as printed in Vol. XI of the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archæological Society (1905), pp. 105–123. The article's second Vol. XI installment (pp. 177–183) is transcribed at Sections 13–16 above; its continuation a year later in Vol. XII (1906) is transcribed at Sections 17–21. With this section, every installment of the article that this project has located is now transcribed in full.

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