hurley

plural hurleys

1. countableA stick used in the game of hurling.
2. proscribeduncountableThe game of hurling.

alternative O'Hurley

1. A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó hUirthile or Ó Comáin.
2. An Irish surname, a variant of Herlihy.
3. An English surname from Old English, a variant of Harley.
4. A locale in England. Probably from Old English hyrne (“corner, hirn”) + lēah (“woodland; clearing”).
   1. A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8283).
   2. A village in Kingsbury parish, North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2495).
5. A locale in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Alabama; named for early settler Edmund Hurley.
   2. A census-designated place in Jackson County, Mississippi.
   3. A minor city in Stone County, Missouri.
   4. A town in Grant County, New Mexico.
   5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Ulster County, New York; likely named for the village in Berkshire.
   6. A minor city in Turner County, South Dakota; named for railroad engineer R. E. Hurley.
   7. An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia; probably named for early settler Samuel Robert Hurley.
   8. A city, the county seat of Iron County, Wisconsin; named for attorney M. A. Hurley.