For the next two years, he played senior football for Na Deasúnaigh but had little success with the side. In the mid-1930s, Hurley lived in County Meath where he played club hurling with Kilmessan and won a Meath SHC title.
Hurley's tenure as a senior football player for Na Deasúnaigh was marked by limited success over the next two years. Subsequently, in the 1930s, he settled in County Meath and demonstrated his prowess at club hurling with Kilmessan, ultimately claiming a championship title.