"Daniel Curley was by trade a carpenter, and a native of Laurencetown, near Loughrea, County Galway. He was about thirty-one years of age, and a rather well-favoured man, with fair beard and mustache, of stout, strong build, and presented the appearance of a steady respectable working man. About seven years ago (Tuesday last was the anniversary of his marriage, and on that day his wife and father had with him what was at first expected to be his last interview) he married the first cousin of Joseph and Larry Hanlon . . . Daniel Curley always bore the reputation of an exceedingly temperate, orderly man, never observed under the influence of drink, and always appeared attentive to his religious duties. He was also well known as being an excellent husband and father, there being three children still alive."
