From the silent streets of London to a brave death at the last barricades

Seán Hurley, from Drinagh, was Michael Collins’ brother-in-law and they were also good friends while working in the civil service in London. Hurley then got a job in the fabled Harrods store before he was called back to Dublin, alongside Collins, writes Ray Ryan

THE only Corkman to die during the Easter Rising in Dublin once worked as a clerk in Harrods in London.

Seán Hurley, who was from Maulagow, Drinagh, was educated at the local national school and later in Clonakilty.